President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday morning joined regional counterpart Heads of State Samia Suluhu Hassan (Tanzania), Yoweri Museveni (Uganda), Evariste Ndayishimiye (Burundi) and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Somalia) at the official opening of the 42.4 kilometre East African Arusha Bypass road in Arusha town, Tanzania.
Arusha Bypass, which is a segment of the Tanzanian section of the Arusha – Namanga – Athi River road that forms part of the 15,000km East African Road Network and the Trans African Highway from Cape Town to Cairo through Gaborone.
The road starts at Ngaramtoni, crosses Dodoma Road at Kisongo, and ends at Usa River Township.
The new by-pass road has relieved cargo pressure from the busy Moshi – Arusha road and enabled seamless flow of cargo from Mombasa port joining the Central Corridor at Singida.
Further, the road has helped to decongest Arusha Central Business District helping spur growth of the town that hosts the EAC headquarters.
