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KENYA
MOTA-ENGIL BEGINS
ITS ACTIVITY IN KENYA
THE CONTRACT PROVIDES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TEN YEARS.
Mota‐Engil has in Africa one of its priority regions, following the dynamics and identifying opportunities in different markets.
In the case of Kenya, Mota‐Engil carried out commercial prospecting work and established partnerships, in order to prepare the Group’s entry into this new market in Africa.
It was thus, and after some bidding, that Mota‐Engil Africa accomplished
its first achievement, by being selected to carry out the design, construction, operation and maintenance, for a period of 10 years, of two road networks in the country – one in the western region and the other in the central region of Kenya.
The projects’ value ascends over 100 million euros including the construction for two years and its operation & maintenance for eight, totalling the 10‐year contract.
These projects are part of a program created by the Government of Kenya (GoK), the Kenya Road Annuity Program created in 2015 with the objective of building 10 thousand km of roads.
Lots 15 & 18 in particular, attributed to Mota‐Engil, fall under the authority of Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) the Contracting Authority responsible
for the construction of all urban roads in the country, are the first of its kind for KURA under a Public Private Partnership Format (PPP).
These projects envisage the construction of 81 km of urban roads carefully selected to optimize the urban development of their respective counties.
The main characteristics of these projects are the construction profile of the road network, with 2‐lane capacity, drainage, sidewalks and connections to residencies and plots.
The maintenance of the corridor is also under Mota‐Engil that should ensure the delivery of the road in quality and safety over the 10 years.
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