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DPW marks fourth, fifth islandwide road marking project
»$300K for Beach Road, $160K for Chalan Pale Arnold
The Department of Public Works broke ground yesterday morning on its fourth and fifth islandwide road marking and signage upgrade for Beach Road and Chalan Pale Arnold that will cost up to $538,766.
DPW Secretary Martin C. Sablan, DPW Technical Services Division director Ben Cabrera, Gov. Eloy S. Inos, and RadioCom Saipan Inc.’s engineering vice president Dan Ganacias led yesterday’s groundbreaking ceremony.
RadioCom is the construction contractor for the project on Route 33 (Beach Road) and Route 30 (Chalan Pale Arnold Road). The Route 33 project amounts to $369,716 while Route 30 is $169,050.
Route 33 project starts from Koblerville near the Mobil Gas Station to Garapan near the American Memorial Park. Route 30 project starts from Oleai near Payless Shoe Store to Sadog Tasi at the Mobil Gas Station.
The projects goals are the rehabilitation of road markings, upgrade of traffic signage, shoulder reconditioning, and painting of sidewalk curbs and raised medians.
Cabrera said the project is one of many projects that DPW is working on. DPW took the initiative in response to both the governor and lieutenant governor’s challenge about so many planning but very little construction.
“We need to start with something to make our roads safer than yesterday,” Cabrera said.
Cabrera noted that hopefully after Thanksgiving, when community members begin putting out Christmas lights, the roads would be well-lighted and marked.
Inos said he will take up Cabrera’s word that before Christmas residents from Precinct 3 will be lighted up.
“I understand that the stripes that are present out there [on Route 33 and Route 30] were done years and years ago,” Inos said.
Inos said the project would make the roads a lot safer.
Ganacias said he is glad to be helping with the project and that all they have to do is make sure it is implemented successfully.
Sablan noted that there will be a similar project involving the road in Tanapag, San Roque, and all the way to Marpi.
