Infrastructure
Kwale bets on new road technology to cut costs
Engineered Material Arresting System is cheaper than the traditional tar and ballast technique.
Kwale County has partnered with three European firms to introduce a new road building technology that it hopes will fundamentally slash its infrastructure development costs.
The technology, which is known as Engineered Material Arresting System, entails the use of cement additives and sand – a fairly cheaper method compared to the current tar and ballast technique.
According to the county executive in charge of infrastructure Hemed Mwabudzo, the technology will be piloted at Mwabungo and will be scaled to other regions once it is proved to be a success.
The demonstration project will cover one kilometre of the Lunga Lunga-Mwabungo junction and it will be undertaken by Swiss builder Kibag, Nano Terra AG of Germany and Champion Afrik Limited.
“This project is meant to showcase the most advanced road building technology, which is able to improve the quality, the durability of roads in the most cost-effective manner,” Mwabudzo said, adding that the project will not cost the county any money.
Roads built using the new technology are said to be waterproof and last at least 50 years.
Mr Mwabudzo said the method will “aggressively transform Kwale’s infrastructure”.
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