The Kenya Ferry Service (KFS) and Trapos Limited have signed a project agreement for the implementation of the Likoni Cable Car Project.
This follows conclusion of negotiations between KFS as the contracting authority and Trapos Ltd, a consortium incorporating Kenya’s Trapos and Doppelmayr Garaventa Group, an Australian Company as the cable car technology provider.
Pre-engineering work for the Sh5.8 billion Likoni Cable Cars Express project is set to start next week after a lengthy delay.
The work will involve physical survey of the sites where the landing stations and the mast will be built on the two sides of the Likoni channel.
The landing station will be built over the road and all cable cars will come under the landing station.
“This week, there will be officers on the ground to do the pre-engineering of equipment in readiness for the take-off,” said Trapos Limited communication officer Mutahi Munyi.
Trapos are the sponsors of the project, and they got into a concession agreement with Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) last December.
KFS managing director Bakari Gowa said the officers’ mission will be to survey the land before the actual works start.
“The two major masts will be put on that land. The masts and the landing stations are the major installations in this project and the land where they are to be put must be given a clean bill of health for use,” said Mr Gowa.
Construction of the project is set to begin before August. The project, which was also delayed due to land ownership wrangles between KFS and Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), now awaits the Cabinet nod.
“Since the contractual agreements between all the concerned government agencies have been done, we are only waiting for the Cabinet nod for the project to take off,” said Mr Munyi.
The Sh5.8 billion cable car project at the busy Likoni channel has moved closer to reality after the completion of a concession agreement.
Construction work will begin next year and will take two years, with commuters starting to enjoy the cable car services from 2020.
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Kenya Ferry Services on Wednesday signed the initial Sh5.8 billion concession agreement with Trapos Limited for a cable car project.
The agreement signed by Trapos’ representative Eustace Mwarania and KFS managing director Bakari Gowa will be taken to the Cabinet for review before it is approved.
Continue reading “Kenya Ferry, Trapos sign concession for Sh5.8 billion Likoni cable cars”
Commuters using the busy Likoni channel in Mombasa will start enjoying cable car services from 2020.
This is after Trapos Ltd and Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) Wednesday signed the concession agreement of the Sh5.8 billion project at the KFS offices.
The Likoni Cable Cars Express will operate across the Likoni channel.
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The Government has approved a concessionaire for the implementation of a cable car project that will link Mombasa Island and the mainland.
The letter of approval for the project seen by the Business Daily was signed by director Public Private Partnership(PPP) Joseph Kamau.
Continue reading “Government approves cable car project for Likoni crossing”
Tourism stakeholders at the Coast have lauded the proposed Likoni Channel Cable Car Project, saying delays in tourist arrivals to and from the South Coast from Moi Airports and other designated areas will come to an end once the system comes into operation. Continue reading “Stakeholders welcome Likoni Channel cable car project”
Have you ever thought or imagined… Kenya having a Cable Car transport system? Well, rest your thinking and imagination because cable car transport will be a reality in Kenya shortly, thanks to Dr Eustace Mwarania, Chairman of Trapos Limited, the company that is responsible for eploying these life changing projects. Dr Mwarania spoke to Stephen Ndome about the projects.
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A concession agreement for the construction of Sh5.5 billion cable cars at the Likoni crossing channel has been finalised, paving the way for engineering works to start in March next year.
Kenya’s long-held ambition of using cable cars to beat its crippling traffic gridlock is set to come to fruition in the next three Continue reading “Ferry agency strikes deal with investor for Sh5.5bn Likoni cable cars crossing”
The express cable car service project in Mombasa is expected to start before the end of the year.
Kenya Ferry Services Managing Director Musa Hassan Musa said the project is expected to be complete in a year. He told the Nation by phone on Sunday Continue reading “Ferries’ agency set to start work on Likoni cable cars”