KeNHA has reopened the North-Airport link road after a seven-year closure

The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has reopened the North-Airport road after a near seven-year closure.

Traffic on the re-opened link to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) will however be limited to high capacity buses under the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system.

The road was closed in February 2014 by the highways agency in line with schedule 71 (1) of the Traffic Act which guides the closure of roads and coincided with a steep rise in sporadic terror attacks in the country which often hit Public Service Vehicles (PSVs).

Access to JKIA has until now been limited to Mombasa Road where an enhanced passenger and vehicle screening point was established in the same year.

The move to re-open JKIA’s northside access comes on the back of the launch of the Nairobi-JKIA express service by the Transport Ministry which aimed at improving connectivity to the international airport.

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