LAPSSET TRACKER

 

The Lamu Port-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPPSET) Corridor is the $24.7 billion flagship project under the Kenya Vision 2030 programme which is the key government development initiative aimed at transforming Kenya into an industrialized nation by the year 2030.

LAPSSET consists of:

1.    A 32 berth modern port at Lamu,

2.    An oil refinery,

3.    A standard gauge 1620 kilometre railway line to Juba in Southern Sudan with a branch line to Ethiopia,

4.    A 1300km oil pipeline linking Lamu with the oil fields of Southern Sudan,

5.    A 1720km super highway connecting to Ethiopia and South Sudan,

6.    Three international airports in Lamu, Isiolo and Lokichogio

7.    Upgrade of Lamu, Isiolo, Lokichogio  to Resort Cities