{"id":18915,"date":"2020-12-10T21:05:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=18915"},"modified":"2020-12-10T21:05:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T21:05:12","slug":"uhuru-launch-a-sh4-5b-bridge-to-make-mombasa-and-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/uhuru-launch-a-sh4-5b-bridge-to-make-mombasa-and-island","title":{"rendered":"Uhuru launch a Sh4.5b bridge to make Mombasa and Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Mombasa will regain its status as an island in the next one year following a plan by the government to build a Sh4.5 billion fixed bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking when he launched the construction of the Kibarani bridge yesterday, President Uhuru Kenyatta said the Makupa Causeway that turned Mombasa into a peninsula will be demolished in the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMombasa will regain its status as a big island city in East Africa. The bridge will bring back its glory and attract investors,\u201d said the president.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has expressed concerns that the transport corridor, which stretches between Tudor and Port Reitz creeks, has damaged the island.<\/p>\n<p>The causeway that links Mombasa to the Kenyan mainland was built by the colonial government in 1929. According to experts, its construction blocked waters from Tudor Creek from flowing freely to the island thus interfering with marine life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMombasa will truly become an island,\u201d said Governor Hassan Joho, adding that the infrastructure projects will provide jobs for the youth.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mombasa residents will start using a Sh1.9 billion floating bridge from January next year, President Kenyatta has said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe contractor is doing final touches before the bridge is open to the general public,\u201d said Uhuru, adding that the bridge will end perennial congestion at the Likoni ferry.<\/p>\n<p>The 800-metre long bridge that stretches from Liwatoni to Ras Bofu will have a 150-metre section in the middle that opens to allow movement of ships in and out of the port.<\/p>\n<p>Joho said the bridge was constructed in less than five months after Uhuru convened a crisis meeting due to overcrowding at the ferry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president directed that a permanent and sustainable solution be found on ferry congestion. Here we are today witnessing near-complete work for this bridge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Likoni MP Mishi Mboko expressed her appreciation, saying the bridge would ease the suffering of travellers, especially women, and ensure uninterrupted movement between Likoni and Mombasa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Mombasa will regain its status as an island in the next one year following a plan by the government to build a Sh4.5 billion fixed bridge. Speaking when he launched the construction of the Kibarani bridge yesterday, President Uhuru Kenyatta said the Makupa Causeway that turned Mombasa into a peninsula will be demolished in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":18916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8],"tags":[136,4568,212],"class_list":["post-18915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","tag-uhuru-kenyatta","tag-unesco","tag-united-nations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uhuru launch a Sh4.5b bridge to make Mombasa and Island - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mombasa will regain its status as an island in the next one year following a plan by the government to build a Sh4.5 billion fixed bridge.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/uhuru-launch-a-sh4-5b-bridge-to-make-mombasa-and-island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uhuru launch a Sh4.5b bridge to make Mombasa and Island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mombasa will regain its status as an island in the next one year following a plan by the government to build a Sh4.5 billion fixed bridge.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/uhuru-launch-a-sh4-5b-bridge-to-make-mombasa-and-island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-10T21:05:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/mombasa_to_get_new_b5fd25e59ede0a.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"520\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"325\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/uhuru-launch-a-sh4-5b-bridge-to-make-mombasa-and-island#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/uhuru-launch-a-sh4-5b-bridge-to-make-mombasa-and-island\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Uhuru launch a Sh4.5b bridge to make Mombasa and Island\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-10T21:05:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/uhuru-launch-a-sh4-5b-bridge-to-make-mombasa-and-island\"},\"wordCount\":339,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/uhuru-launch-a-sh4-5b-bridge-to-make-mombasa-and-island#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/mombasa_to_get_new_b5fd25e59ede0a.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Uhuru Kenyatta\",\"UNESCO\",\"United Nations\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/uhuru-launch-a-sh4-5b-bridge-to-make-mombasa-and-island#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/uhuru-launch-a-sh4-5b-bridge-to-make-mombasa-and-island\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/uhuru-launch-a-sh4-5b-bridge-to-make-mombasa-and-island\",\"name\":\"Uhuru launch a Sh4.5b bridge to make Mombasa and Island - 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