The chairman of the Tinian legislative delegation, Mendiola yesterday said CPA staffers already recommended a firm qualified to do the work, but the board has yet to approve it.
The project has been pushed by Tinian’s officials since March 2006.
“CPA need to determine which company is qualified,” Mendiola said. “Unfortunately, the board had yet to act when CPA was transferred to the executive branch.”
Now that CPA is temporarily under the governor’s office, Mendiola is confident that the project will finally push through.
Two weeks ago, the delegation met with the outgoing acting CPA Executive Director Lee Cabrera regarding the project.
“We were assured by the acting executive director that the selection will happen in the next few weeks as a unilateral decision can now be made by the governor,” Mendiola said.
Cabrera’s retirement takes effect next month.
“We’re keeping our fingers cross and we’re very optimistic that the selection process and construction of the initial phase hopefully will happen within the year,” Mendiola said.
“There’s nothing that can hold back the [instrument landing system] project after the request for proposals process,” the senator added.
