Expressway construction to interrupt water supply along Waiyaki Way on Wednesday

Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company has announced that it will shut down water supply pipeline along Waiyaki Way on Wednesday, June 30,2021. The company, through a notice issued on on Tuesday, appealed to its affected customers to use available water sparingly adding that the shutdown will take place from 6am Wednesday to 6am Thursday, July 1 2021.

Areas to be affected include estates along Waiyaki Way, Church Road Westlands, Rhapta Road, Highridge and Parklands areas. According to the notice, MP Shah Hospital, Muguga Green Estate, Nairobi School, Sarit Center and the surrounding estates will also be affected.

The closure of the pipeline is due to the on going Expressway construction. According to the notice, the move will enable interconnection of the relocated pipeline to the old pipeline at the junction of Waiyaki Way road and James Gichuru Road.

This will enable release of the road section between Nairobi School and the junction of Waiyaki Way Road an James Gichuru Road to the Expressway road contractor.

Nairobi Expressway. Source: Kenya News Agency

The Expressway project, implemented by Kenya National Highways Authority, is part of a plan to decrease congestion in Nairobi.

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