CAPITAL Improvement Projects Administrator Virginia C. Villagomez says the administration is hoping it could fully begin the construction of multi-million dollar CIPs due for this year and surpass the record set last year, which was $31 million.
“Our goal is to break last year’s figure and construct more CIPs,” Villagomez told Variety yesterday.
Villagomez said the money for the projects is already available for implementation.
The governor’s special assistant for CIPs, Charles Jordan, has urged Public Works Secretary John S. Reyes to ensure the speedy implementation of these projects, according to Villagomez.
“It will all depend on the Department of Public Works,” Villagomez added.
Records showed that in 1998, $14 million worth of CIPs were completed. In 1999, the figure was $16.9 million. In 2000, it was $20.4 million, and in 2001, $30.97 million.
The CIPs this year include the new dialysis station for the Department of Public Health, the $5.6 million Tinian High School expansion project, the $4 million American Memorial Park project, the $22 million Marpi landfill project, which includes $9 million for the landfill construction, the purchase of equipment and the construction of the Lower Base transfer station.
There are also several road paving projects, the construction of the multi-purpose Susupe sports facility amounting to $1.2 million, the $17 million prison project and the $9.9 million Tinian airport expansion, which is already ongoing.
The procurement of the following $8 million projects on Rota has also been completed: a cultural center, a courthouse, a convention center and a new administration building.
The federal funds are from the seven-year grant period, which covers 1996 to 2002.
