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Construction of Rota, Tinian road projects to start soon
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Posted on May 25 2009
The Department of Public Works is expected to issue in the next few days a notice to proceed with the construction of two federally funded multi-million road projects on Tinian and Rota.
DPW Secretary Diego B. Songsong told Saipan Tribune that in a week or a week and a half, they will give the go-signal for the start of the Route 201 construction and improvement project on Tinian and the Route II Sabana Road and drainage improvement project on Rota.
“If we get all the required signatures, the construction of the two projects will commence anytime from now,” Songsong said.
Maeda Pacific Corp. won the bidding for the construction of the Tinian project. The company was awarded the $1,385,000 project. Another $193,000 budget is intended for construction management services.
GPPC Inc. bagged the Rota construction project worth $2,788,800. Another $373,000 is budgeted for construction management services.
DPW Technical Services director Joseph Inos Jr. said the two projects are fully funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration.
As for the multi-million Cross Island project (Back Road reconstruction and expansion) on Saipan, Inos said they issued an addendum to indefinitely prolong the previous deadline schedules.
Inos said they gave the contractor additional time to procure construction management services.
“Right now we are working on acquiring a construction manager and getting their proper documents to get the contract going. Once we get the [construction manager] we can initiate the project’s schedule,” Inos said.
Under the federally funded Cross Island Project, a new four-lane highway will be built from San Vicente to Capital Hill.
Songsong said the project will require the demolition of the Round House in San Vicente and the construction of a traffic signal light.
