CHAPTER 2 of 2007 - KENYA ROADS ACT | HOME
FIRST SCHEDULE
Short title and commencement.

FIRST SCHEDULE (s.2,47)

CLASSIFICATION OF PUBLIC ROADS

All public roads in Kenya shall be classified as follows -

PART A - NATIONAL ROADS

CLASS

DESCRIPTION

CLASS A

International trunk roads linking centres of international importance and crossing international boundaries or terminating at international ports.

CLASS B

National trunk roads linking nationally important centres.

CLASS C

Primary roads linking provincially important centres to each other or two higher class roads.

PART B - RURAL ROADS

CLASS

DESCRIPTION

CLASS D

Secondary Roads linking locally important centres to each other, to more important centres or to higher class roads.

CLASS E

Any link to a minor centre.

CLASS F

Forest roads.

CLASS G

Roads serving Government institutions.

CLASS K

Roads accessing coffee (kahawa) growing areas.

CLASS L

Roads accessing settlement scheme areas.

CLASS P

National park roads.

CLASS R

Roads accessing rural areas.

CLASS S

Roads accessing sugar growing areas.

CLASS T

Roads accessing tea growing areas.

CLASS U

Unclassified rural roads including mining roads etc.

CLASS W

Roads accessing wheat growing areas.

PART C - URBAN ROADS

CLASS

DESCRIPTION

 

CLASS UA

 

Urban Arterials.

 

CLASS UC

 

Urban Collectors including primary distributors, district distributors.

 

CLASS UL

 

Urban local roads including minor distributors, local streets, residential stand accesses, commercial and industrial stand accesses, shopping streets.

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