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Design for long-awaited Likoni bridge to be ready next year

Commuters between Mombasa Island and South Coast will no longer have to rely on the fragile ferry services at Likoni. Plans are underway to construct a bridge, Mombasa Gate Bridge, which will help ease congestion at the Likoni Crossing.

The design of the bridge will be ready by the end of March 2017. According to Infrastructure Principal Secretary John Mosonik a team of experts arrived in the country on Monday to survey and work on the design. The construction will be funded by Japan.

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