{"id":1119,"date":"2026-11-06T15:07:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T15:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2026-11-06T15:07:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T15:07:58","slug":"garissa-residents-gain-improved-access-through-new-rural-road-network-by-delson-visaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=1119","title":{"rendered":"Garissa Residents Gain Improved Access Through New Rural Road Network By Delson Visaho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793977542390.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793977542390.jpg 720w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793977542390-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793977542390-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents of several wards in Garissa County are benefiting from newly graded and gravelled rural roads that connect villages to markets and health facilities. <br><br>The road works, completed under a county infrastructure programme, cover key routes in Balambala, Fafi and Dadaab sub-counties. Local leaders said travel times have reduced significantly for traders and patients.<br><br>Construction teams used locally sourced materials where possible and employed residents for manual labour and site support. Improved drainage structures were included to withstand seasonal rains common in the region. <br><br>Livestock traders reported easier <br>movement of animals to larger markets.<br>Community members participated in identifying priority routes during the planning stage. County engineers continue to monitor the roads for early maintenance needs. Security along the routes has also improved with better accessibility for patrols.<br><br>Additional road sections are scheduled for upgrading in the next phase of the programme. Residents expressed appreciation for the practical impact on daily life and economic activity in previously hard-to-reach areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of several wards in Garissa County are benefiting from newly graded and gravelled rural roads that connect villages to markets and health facilities. The road works, completed under a county infrastructure programme, cover key routes in Balambala, Fafi and Dadaab sub-counties. Local leaders said travel times have reduced significantly for traders and patients. Construction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1125,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions\/1125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}