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Figure 4-30 – Location of the proposed site
4.3.3 Climate Resilient Infrastructure Projects
4.3.3.1 Project 5: Bus park relocation Project Overview
Bungoma’s bus station, currently located on a 5,000 sqm (1.30 acres) plot in the CBD west of the C33, is a vital point of access for people visiting and operating businesses across the County. As a centre point of activity and vicinity to the Uganda border, it offers business opportunities for national and international trade. As a result, the County receives high flows of people and activities within a limited space. Despite improvements to the bus stand, demand has outgrown the site’s capacity whilst the provision for retail space has been built to a basic to low-quality standard and lacks access to basic amenities. The bus station’s infrastructure and operations are already compromised and intense congestion around the CBD is a cause of concern to pedestrians’ safety.
Forecasts for Bungoma suggest a marked, steady urban growth (+21.5% between 2009 and 2019) and, consequently, a likely increase of buses incoming into Town with intensified congestion and pollution. In this scenario, there is a likelihood that informal businesses will continue to overspill designated areas and take up what should be pedestrian spaces. This is typically associated with pedestrian risk and safety.
To address these issues, and as part of a more strategic urban regeneration strategy entailing an upgrade of the CBD and market district, it is proposed that long-distance services currently operating at the bus station are relocated to an alternative site.
In collaboration with key stakeholders, two sites have been identified as suitable, one adjacent to the Kanduyi Stadium on the Trans-African highway as illustrated below in Figure 4-30, and the second in Musikoma on Mumias-Bungoma Road (C33). The Musikoma site has already been the subject of proposals for a market and new bus park development, this forms part of the decentralisation strategy currently under consideration.
Figure 4-30 – Location of the proposed site
Source: Atkins, 2022
