KenHA bets on automation to ease gridlock

A lorry at the Mariakani weighbridge along Mombasa--Nairobi highway. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

The Kenya National Highway Authority (KenHA) has now automated all its weighbridges along the Northern transport corridor to improve its services.

The move is estimated to have reduced congestion and the perennial traffic snarl-up on the weighbridges by over 70 per cent and also enhanced efficiency.