| Country: | KEN |
| Type: | A |
| Route: | 14 |
| Alternate Name: | Malindi–Bagamoyo Highway |
| Map Notes: | Malindi–Bagamoyo Highway highlighted in red |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Length Mi: | 421 |
| History: | Designated in 2017 (Expected) Completion in 2022 (Expected) |
| Direction A: | North |
| Terminus A: | Malindi |
| Junction: | Mombasa Lunga Lunga Tanga |
| Direction B: | South |
| Terminus B: | Bagamoyo |
The Malindi–Bagamoyo Highway, also Coastline Transnational Highway,[1] is a road in Kenya and Tanzania, connecting the cities of Malindi and Mombasa in Kenya to Tanga and Bagamoyo in Tanzania.[2] [3]
The road starts at Malindi, Kenya and makes its way southwards for 110km (70miles) to Mombasa, with this portion of the road designated officially as part of route B8, a national trunk road.[4]
The road then continues south for 106km (66miles) through the town of Lunga Lunga and onward to the nearby border with Tanzania, with this portion of the road designated officially as the entirety of route A14, an international trunk road.[4]
The total distance within Kenya is approximately 216km (134miles).[5]
From the border, the road will continue to Tanga, then on through Pangani before bypassing the Saadani National Park[6] and ending at Bagamoyo. The road contract distance is 460km (290miles).[7] As of December 2023, phase one of this project was 35 percent complete.[8]
The highway is expected to improve cross-border trade, tourism, socio-economic development and promote regional integration. The project is being handled directly by the East African Community. The road is also expected to ease the movement of traffic from both Mombasa and Tanga ports, destined for the land-locked countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and DR Congo.[9]
The upgrade to class II bitumen and widening to double carriageway will be jointly funded by the European Union and African Development Bank. The construction cost is budgeted at US$751.3 million, with 70 percent borrowed from the AfDB, and each country funding 30 percent of the work in its territory.[3]
In April 2018, the Business Daily Africa newspaper reported that construction delays on the Kenyan side were attributed to changes in road design from single carriageway to double carriageway, along a section of the highway.[3]
In January 2020, The EastAfrican newspaper reported that the European Union had granted US$33.41 towards Kenya's expenses towards this project. As of November 2019, AfDB committed in writing to lend US$384.22 million towards this road infrastructure project.[1]