Travellers have been stranded for over 10 hours since last night along Nairobi-Nakuru highway.
The highway has been converted into a parking lot with no movement of vehicles on both sides as Kenya National Highways Authority authorities urge motorists to use alternative routes.
“Further to our earlier advisory, motorists planning to travel between Nairobi and Nakuru are advised to use fly over-Njabini-Olkalou-Lanet routes,” KenHa said.
In a statement on Saturday, the authority said they can also use the Naivasha-Olkalou-Lanet routes.
“Trucks are advised to delay their travels until the situation eases at Gillgil area,” KenHa said.
“Every effort is being made to enable traffic to start flowing.”
On Friday, KeNHA notified the public that a section of the Northern Corridor, between Naivasha and Nakuru is currently experiencing congestion due to a traffic incident near the rail over road bridge between Gilgil turn-off and the weighbridge.
Police were on site and working on the situation to restore normalcy.
Motorists were also advised to exercise lane discipline and avoid overlapping as they approach this section in-order to avoid further congestion.
The gridlock started at Gilgil weighbridge at around 7pm on Friday leaving motorists heading to Nakuru and Nairobi stranded.
Some passengers opted to alight from public service vehicles to walk to their destinations to avoid the congestion.
