i think its a viable option rather than have just mombasa only.

Of course it is!Do you have any updates or the progress?People have been talking about it before and I think we should revisit the discussion when we have some progress.

Of course it is!Do you have any updates or the progress?People have been talking about it before and I think we should revisit the discussion when we have some progress.

Last time i read in the papers,it still in the design phase.

Last time i read in the papers,it still in the design phase.

update with alot more details

Kenya poised to roll out ambitious Sh2 trillion transport corridor project

Kenya is on the verge of rolling out a multi-trillion shilling project to exploit the vast resources in Coast and Northern Kenya that will catapult the country into a medium income economy by 2030.

Transport Minister Amos Kimunya was on Friday upbeat that the construction of Lamu Port and the transport corridor through Isiolo, Moyale and Turkana will open up the marginalised Northern Kenya, linking it to Southern Sudan and Ethiopia.

“We will be engaging the Cabinet next week because we feel their input is important. This is a massive project as it is will open up the newly independent South Sudan.

I will talk about the project extensively after I have briefed the Cabinet and received its input,” the minister told Saturday Nation.



The minister is expected to brief the Cabinet on findings of a feasibility study on the Lamu Port-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) Corridor on Tuesday.

The project’s main component is the Lamu Port, which will have a transport corridor linking it with Ethiopia and South Sudan.
Besides the port, the project also incorporates an oil refinery at Lamu and a 1,720km standard gauge railway line to Juba to handle high speed trains with a capacity of up to 160 kilometres per hour.

Also envisioned is a two-lane highway from Lamu through Isiolo to Nakodok, a pipeline to transport crude oil from South Sudan to a refinery at Lamu, three airports at Lamu, Isiolo and Lokichogio and resort cities at Lamu, Isiolo and on the shores of Lake Turkana.

Once the railway line is complete by the year 2030, it will handle up to 30 trains to South Sudan and 52 to Ethiopia daily.

The project will also see the transformation of Lamu Island into a metropolis.

According to the feasibility study the Lapsset project, once complete, will link the country to its two northern neighbours Ethiopia and South Sudan, opening up the region to immense socio-economic development along the transport corridor, especially in the northern, eastern and northern-eastern parts of the country and promote cross-border trade.

The study puts the total cost of the project at $23 billion, roughly Sh2 trillion.



The port, comprising of 20 berths, is expected to be complete by 2030 at a cost of $3.5 billion. The projected cost of the railway line is $7.1 billion while the highway is expected to cost another $1.4 billion and the oil pipeline $4 billion.

The resort cities at Lamu, Isiolo and on the shores of Lake Turkana will cost $1.2 billion while the oil refinery will cost $2.5 billion. Additional infrastructure including power, water and communication facilities will cost an extra $2.5 billion.

The port, which will sit on 1,000 acres, is expected to make Kenya a trans-shipment hub because of its deep waters and ability to accommodate large vessels.

The brains behind the project anticipate that the economic gains to be brought by the Lapsset Corridor far outweigh its projected Sh2 trillion overall cost.

The experts estimate that once operational, the project will push the country’s Gross Domestic Project from 4.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent by the year 2020.

read more: http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1206042/-/10hqjqez/-/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SuTz8T2gus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spGqTbnvlKw

For all LAPSSET (Lamu Port - South Sudan - Ethiopia Transport Corridor) discussion, use this thread: LAPSSET Corridor (Lamu Port & transport corridor) | $23billion | U/C (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=856442)

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