Posted on 08/10/2005 6:20:01 PM PDT by SandRat
NAJAF, Iraq, Aug. 10, 2005 — Donkey cart, bicycle and the occasional jury-rigged car have dominated transportation methods in the bumpy, rugged rural Najaf Province of Iraq for many years. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region South District has been paving the way for modern asphalt roads in these areas in order to facilitate agriculture sales and to provide better routes to village schools and hospitals.
"The intent of these projects is to provide paved roads for everyday use by the local population."
Art Bennett, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
“(Gulf Region South) is currently managing the construction of two village road projects in the Najaf Province,” said Art Bennett, Gulf Region South Transportation and Communication Sector project manager. “The roads serve small villages and local industries - in this case, cement and gypsum plants. The second project, or segment, parallels the Euphrates River.”
Bennett said that segment one - the Alhaydariya village road - is about 15 kilometers long and carries a price tag of about $1.2 million.
The contract was modified and extended to move power poles away from the shoulder of the road, and to create that shoulder.
The modifications also included the shoring up of water pipelines that were unsupported off the side of the road. The additional money is $18,000. He added that the project is 40 percent complete. Total cost of the project with the modifications is $1.3 million.
Segment two or the Al-Cement factory village road is about seven kilometers long and its price tag is about $337,697. Also modified because of power pole and water pipe issues, the additional allocated money is about $12,000. It is about 38 percent complete. Total cost of the project is about $348,000.
“The intent of these projects is to provide paved roads for everyday use by the local population,” said Bennett.
Editor's Note: Betsy Weiner is the public affairs specialist at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region Division South District.
Essaons PING!
All that oil money saddam spent on Weapons that he buried and didnt even pave the roads.
Same thing happening right now in Venezuela.
BTT!!!!!!
This from the AP? Of course not.
Does Patty Murray, (D WA), know about this?
Good post. Thanks.
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