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KONZA TECHNOLOGY CITY.........
Expected to Turn Kenya into a middle income country by the year 2030.
Computer generated picture of Konza city
[h=3][/h]The 2,000 hectare Konza Technology City will be located on a greenfield site 60km south of Nairobi. It is already a location with excellent transport and communication links. The major highway and railwayline connecting Nairobi with Mombasa run adjacent to the site. The Konza rail station is less than 4km away and Jomo Kenyatta airport is under 50km.
The city, expected to provide 80,000 jobs and 32,000 homes, will cost some 11 billion euros.
The commercial engine of the new city will be a cluster of technology businesses, financial services firms and other enterprises. It will be developed with world class infrastructure, especially ICT infrastructure, which will enable firms located there to compete on a global stage.
Key Features of Konza Technology City
Key features of the Plan are:
A radial road structure with the public transport roads providing the preferred means of access to all parts of the proposed city.
A Central Business District (CBD) in the heart of the city, easily accessible to all residents and workers both by public transport, walking, cycling and by car. A modern city centre will include high class shopping, sport, cultural and leisure facilities as well as utilities like hospitals.
The city will also include safe, well designed neighbourhoods, providing 35,000 new homes for people working in the city. Schooling will be provided for all age groups from pre-school to university.
The BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Technopark is split into two zones to the north and south of the CBD. These areas are easily accessible to local residents expected to work there and also to employees living outside the Technology City. The Technopark provides an attractive setting to attract inward investment into this sector, in accordance with the Kenya governments Vision 2030.
The Science Park is envisaged to the south of the BPO Park.
A central park near the CBD is proposed to be laid out as a public park, providing a green lung for the residents and workers.There will be also an artificial river flowing through the city.
A site for a university campus has been provided for to the north of the CBD. This will provide an area for academic buildings, student residences and sports and leisure facilities for students. It is accessible to the CBD and will assist in the cross-fertilisation of ideas between the university and businesses on site.
The residential community occupies much of the remaining areas of the Technology City. This will provide accommodation for employees and their families who will work in the BPO Technopark, the CBD and in the various local community facilities. The residential community will include appropriate provision for schools, health care facilities, churches and mosques, play facilities and sports facilities.
Green corridors are proposed along the alignment of the watercourses which are protected in the Plan. This will help to avoid flood risk to the new buildings and also provides additional open space. These could also serve as ecological corridors through the site.
The Konza Road will be paved to provide easy access for all vehicular traffic.
A Greenbelt control zone of approximately 2 km is proposed around the site to protect the setting of the Technology City and guard against the development of informal settlements on the boundary of the site; to reserve land for the possible future expansion of the Technopolis; and to institute rigorous control of development in the area around the site. This area could also be designated as a Nature Conservancy Zone which could be managed by Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) to minimise the impact of the new town on wildlife.
Source: Investment News Kenya
Expected to Turn Kenya into a middle income country by the year 2030.
Computer generated picture of Konza city[h=3][/h]The 2,000 hectare Konza Technology City will be located on a greenfield site 60km south of Nairobi. It is already a location with excellent transport and communication links. The major highway and railwayline connecting Nairobi with Mombasa run adjacent to the site. The Konza rail station is less than 4km away and Jomo Kenyatta airport is under 50km.
The city, expected to provide 80,000 jobs and 32,000 homes, will cost some 11 billion euros.
The commercial engine of the new city will be a cluster of technology businesses, financial services firms and other enterprises. It will be developed with world class infrastructure, especially ICT infrastructure, which will enable firms located there to compete on a global stage.
Key Features of Konza Technology City
Key features of the Plan are:
A radial road structure with the public transport roads providing the preferred means of access to all parts of the proposed city.
A Central Business District (CBD) in the heart of the city, easily accessible to all residents and workers both by public transport, walking, cycling and by car. A modern city centre will include high class shopping, sport, cultural and leisure facilities as well as utilities like hospitals.
The city will also include safe, well designed neighbourhoods, providing 35,000 new homes for people working in the city. Schooling will be provided for all age groups from pre-school to university.
The BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Technopark is split into two zones to the north and south of the CBD. These areas are easily accessible to local residents expected to work there and also to employees living outside the Technology City. The Technopark provides an attractive setting to attract inward investment into this sector, in accordance with the Kenya governments Vision 2030.
The Science Park is envisaged to the south of the BPO Park.
A central park near the CBD is proposed to be laid out as a public park, providing a green lung for the residents and workers.There will be also an artificial river flowing through the city.
A site for a university campus has been provided for to the north of the CBD. This will provide an area for academic buildings, student residences and sports and leisure facilities for students. It is accessible to the CBD and will assist in the cross-fertilisation of ideas between the university and businesses on site.
The residential community occupies much of the remaining areas of the Technology City. This will provide accommodation for employees and their families who will work in the BPO Technopark, the CBD and in the various local community facilities. The residential community will include appropriate provision for schools, health care facilities, churches and mosques, play facilities and sports facilities.
Green corridors are proposed along the alignment of the watercourses which are protected in the Plan. This will help to avoid flood risk to the new buildings and also provides additional open space. These could also serve as ecological corridors through the site.
The Konza Road will be paved to provide easy access for all vehicular traffic.
A Greenbelt control zone of approximately 2 km is proposed around the site to protect the setting of the Technology City and guard against the development of informal settlements on the boundary of the site; to reserve land for the possible future expansion of the Technopolis; and to institute rigorous control of development in the area around the site. This area could also be designated as a Nature Conservancy Zone which could be managed by Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) to minimise the impact of the new town on wildlife.
Source: Investment News Kenya
