City motorists woke up to a reprieve today morning following a decision by the county government to open up roundabouts at Bunyala Road and Lusaka Road.
Motorists praised the move by Governor Evans Kidero on social media, saying traffic flow was better than when the roundabouts were closed. Some motorists using Mombasa Road said the removal of the barriers allowed smooth flow of traffic.
The county also opened up the turnoff to Riverside Drive that had been closed to motorists, barring them from making a left turn from Uhuru Highway. However, some motorists said there was still heavy traffic on sections of Mombasa Road and called for urgent action to ease the snarl-up.
Governor Kidero bowed to pressure from motorists, who had endured three days of arguably the worst traffic gridlock in Nairobi in recent memory. Roundabouts on University Way, Kenyatta and Haile Selassie avenues and Westlands will, however, remain closed.
