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First homeowner receives home street address number
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Posted on Aug 04 2020
Mr. and Ms. Gerald Muna, center, shown here holding up the street address number for their house in Koblerville, pose with Frank Camacho, right, and Janice Celis, at left. (Contributed Photo)
Yesterday marked the beginning of an important public project that would complete the Saipan street naming and numbering system, with homes and buildings on Saipan finally being numbered.
According to a statement from the Saipan Mayor’s Office, the project kicked off yesterday with the first house finally getting an assigned number. This comes 22 years since streets on Saipan were first identified by names, said Mayor David M. Apatang.
The project is estimated to take at least one year for every home and building to be numbered, assuming the mayor’s office street numbering division staff and its contractor, the firm of H.K. Pangelinan and Associates, LLC, find homeowners and owners of commercial and non-commercial buildings during the onsite visits.
“There will be occasions when no one would be home and our team would have to return to the site later in the day or week,” said Apatang.
Yesterday, the first street address number was delivered to a resident of Koblerville, the first project area of the street numbering work. Mr. and Ms. Gerald Muna received their home’s street address number from Janice Celis of the mayor’s office street numbering division and Frank Camacho of H.K. Pangelinan and Associates, LLC engineering firm. The street numbering team delivered the first street address number to Mr. and Ms. Muna.
“We kindly ask the cooperation and support of the public to welcome Janice and Frank when they visit your home or commercial and non-commercial building to personally deliver your street address number,” said Apatang. The success of the street naming and numbering project depends on the public accepting it. It is important today and for our future as we continue to improve how we conduct our everyday affairs and eliminate inefficiencies. (PR)
