The County Government of Kisumu is set to embark on building new roads and repairing old ones across the county at a cost of Sh600 million.
According to the Roads CeC Thomas Odijo, the county will contribute Sh406 million, with the remainder set to come from the Kenya Roads Board (KRB).
Odijo said that out of the total amount, Sh60 million will be used to pay community roads maintenance teams while another Sh42 million will be used to procure new construction equipment.
The CeC also added that the teams responsible for the job are already on the ground, with the project set to kick off in a few days.
“Our engineers are surveying both the county-funded roads and those funded by KRB. In two weeks, we expect to start construction,” he said ad quoted by the Standard.
Mr Odijo noted that special consideration will be given towards prone to flooding, adding that the project will spur economic growth through road connection to markets.
However, he warned that the county will be ready to terminate the contracts of contractors found to be doing a shoddy job, adding that such entities will also be blacklisted in Kisumu.
“We are going to be very strict on supervision because we are spending a lot of money on these roads. Those who will not adhere to the provisions of the contract will have their performance bonds cancelled and will be blacklisted,” he added.