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New Substation Improves Service for 20,000 in Babil
Defend America News ^ | Oct 21,2005 | unattributed

Posted on 10/21/2005 5:18:28 PM PDT by SandRat

The construction work also benefitted the local economy, with 80 to 140 Iraqis working at the site each week.

By U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region Division

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 21, 2005 — A new $4.9 million electrical substation will provide approximately 20,000 Iraqis in the southwestern portion of Babil an increase in power reliability. The substation, completed in early October, replaces an existing facility. Local Iraqis performed the labor that included design and construction of a 33/11 kilovolt switch-gear building, a guard house and installation of two transformers and new switch gear equipment. The local Iraqi economy benefited from the project over the past 10 months, as 80 to 140 Iraqis worked at the site each week since construction began in January 2005.

The project was funded with Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds, with oversight by the Project and Contracting Office's Electricity Sector, and quality control provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region South. The Electricity Sector is one of four Project and Contracting Office sectors managing reconstruction projects throughout Iraq. The other sectors are Oil, Public Works and Water, and Facilities and Transportation.

In total, the Project and Contracting Office Electrical Sector is responsible for 434 projects valued at approximately $3.2 billion. This figure includes about $140 million of non-construction funds allocated for equipment and training.

To date, the Electricity Sector has completed approximately 82 projects totaling an estimated $660 million. Currently, an estimated $1,300 million is being used on projects that are now in progress. This leaves $1,250 million for remaining projects.

The majority of the 352 remaining Electricity Sector projects are scheduled for completion by December 2006.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 20000; babil; improves; iraq; new; service; substation

1 posted on 10/21/2005 5:18:30 PM PDT by SandRat
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Electricity Returns in Babil, Iraq


2 posted on 10/21/2005 5:19:13 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

Just saw this on the evening news. /sarcasm


3 posted on 10/21/2005 6:04:33 PM PDT by SoCal_Republican
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To: SandRat

BTTT


4 posted on 10/22/2005 3:12:45 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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