THE Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved for reimbursement a total of $34.1 million worth of Commonwealth Ports Authority projects to restore airport and seaport facilities destroyed by Super Typhoon Yutu.
Commonwealth Ports Authority board member Ramon Tebuteb speaks during a financial affairs committee meeting in the Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting classroom on Friday.
Photo by Emmanuel T. Erediano
In his report during a meeting on Friday, CPA board financial affairs committee chairman Ramon Tebuteb mentioned the list of projects that FEMA has approved for reimbursement of funds.
He said CPA, so far, has received $1.6 million in federal share reimbursements from FEMA. This amount includes the $1.2 million federal share for the repair of facilities at the Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport, the Tinian airport and seaport; $216,414 for debris removal at the Saipan and Tinian airports and seaports; and $17,095 for the Rota International Airport and Rota West Harbor.
The other projects for which CPA will receive reimbursements are the $397,356 worth of fencing and light installation at the Port of Saipan administration building and boat shed; $2 million for commuter terminal construction; $1.6 million for the Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting training center and incinerator; $22.2 million for the reconstruction and replacement of Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport terminals, car rental buildings, parking booth, generator building, loading bridges, perimeter fences, pump house and rotating beacon; $90,435 for Tinian airport and seaport contents; $881,921 for Tinian airport and seaport repairs; $227,905 for Saipan airport, Tinian airport and seaport vehicles; $459,474 for sub-recipient project management costs; and $4.4 million for Rota International Airport and Rota West Harbor projects.
Tebuteb also reported that as of Dec. 15, CPA drew down $6.5 million of the $22.7 million that the Federal Aviation Administration provided the CNMI through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or CARES Act.
The amount includes reimbursement for bond debt service, payroll expenses, contractual expenses and insurance premiums.
