Chinese firm confident of beating the 2017 deadline for SGR project

A section of the Standard Gauge Railway line at Mtito Andei in Makueni County. It is projected that 170 of the SGR line will pass through the county where residents in Mtito Andei and Makindu have been compensated to move from the project area. [PHOTO: PHILIP MUASYA / STANDARD]

The Chinese contractor for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) is confident of beating the June 1, 2017 deadline to complete the multi-billion shilling project.

On Wednesday, China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) said it has cleared 385 kilometres of the railway corridor of 472 kilometres of the entire line. The firm said it has further built 443 kilometres access roads that will facilitate construction of the railway line.