Sections of five key roads in Nairobi will be closed on Saturday, July 7 to allow for the planned Diabetes Walk, the Traffic Commandant has announced.
In a release sent to newsrooms on Thursday, motorists were notified that the roads would be closed from 6 am to 12 noon to facilitate the walk.
Details of how traffic would be redirected were also released thereby allowing road users to plan their trips accordingly.
The roads that will be affected are Haile Selassie Avenue, Uhuru Highway and Mombasa, Lang'ata and Hospital Roads.
Motorists driving towards the Central Business District (CBD) from the general direction of Lang'ata were advised to instead use the Southern Bypass to Mombasa Road before connecting to one of Lusaka, Jogoo or Landhies roads to get to the CBD.
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All those coming from the general direction of Mombasa will be diverted at Lusaka Round-about and will have to use either Jogoo Road, Lusaka Road or Landhies Road to reach the CBD.
Uhuru Highway, on the other hand, will be used as a single carriageway from the Uhuru Highway/Haile Selassie round-about up to the Uhuru Highway/Bunyala Road round-about.
All vehicles headed towards Haile Selassie Avenue will be diverted at the Haile Selassie/Uhuru Highway round-about to Uhuru Highway/Kenyatta avenue round-about respectively.
Vehicles coming from the Ngong Road direction headed to the CBD and intending to use the Haile Selassie Avenue will go through Ngong Road/Valley Road/Kenyatta Avenue junction and Kenyatta Avenue.
They will be diverted at the Ngong Road/Haile Selassie Road junction around the Kenya National Library Services (KNLS) area.
Those headed towards Bunyala Road via Hospital Road will be diverted at the Ngong' Road/Hospital Road junction and will use Ngong Road, Valley Road and Kenyatta Avenue to get to the CBD.
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