Dualling of the Salgaa and Sachangwan blackspot on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway has started with the Sh748 million project set to take a year.
The decision to dual the highway was made last year after road accidents killed more than 100 people within a span of two months.
A Chinese firm, China Railways No. 10 Limited, was awarded the tender to construct the 22-km stretch from Sobea to Mau Summit.
Kenya Highways Authority (KeNHA) assistant director in charge of corporate communication, Charles Njogu, said the project is one of the efforts the agency is undertaking to reduce road accidents in the area.
“There will also be road signs to warn and educate road users on various issues. We want to ensure accidents are reduced to the minimum,” said Mr Njogu.
On Monday morning, more than twenty lorries and other heavy construction vehicles started works a few metres from Salgaa trading centre at Migaa.
