CPA Infrastructure Reconstruction doc 12

,. 03/2/.S-23 COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY BAGHDAD INFO MEMO December IS, 2003 FOR: TiiE ADMIN~R FROM: Danell Tma/Vru~r ~visor to the Iraqi Ministry ofTransportation SUBJECT: Ministry of Transportation Issues Update I. AVIATION • Royal Jordanian (RJ): Royal Wings (Royal Jordanian Airlines) is planning to resume service this week. and they are ~uesting use of Balad air base as an emergency alternate (instead of using Amman) in order to cany less fuel and more cargo. The exact date of their service resumption is tentative depending on insuranc:e, but is being scheduled this week. • HajJ Flights (pending your approval of ftlght resumptloa): The Iraqi Hajj Council (IHC) and CPA mel on Mon., December 9 to begin preliminary planning for the Hajj. The IHC, CPA, and CnF-7 agreed on limiting the Hajj pilgrims to using BIAP only. The number of pilgrims is estimated to be J() .. J2K. A delegation for Iraq left for Saudi Arabia on December 11 for S-1 days to begin negotiations with Saudi Arabia on landing. slots. basing, costs, and viaa and i!JIInigration procedures. CPA/MoT is working in concert with CITF-7 and tho me to develop the security plan that will be used to process the pilgrims thto11gh BIAP. • Air Navigadoa System (ANS): The process for awarding the ANS contract to improve air navigation in the Bagbdad area nears completion. The Source Selection Board has selected a contractor; however, the vendor continues to examine the criteria of the contract to acc:cpt or reject it. CPA/Contracting is in the final stages of working with the vendor on repricing. . • VSAT (Very Small Aperture Tennlual) Installation at Ar Rutbab: CPA is supervising the training of Iraqi technicians and examining lheir ability to complete a local checkout of the equipment (build-up, operate, tcardown) in preparation of VSAT installation at Ar Rutbah. Installation is tentatively scheduled for late January. This instDllation will provide regional clll'riCB with communications coverage (i.e. radar and radio) in the westem Iraq region. The carriers are wcnricd that they will not be able to contact authorities if aa in-flight emergency oc:cu.rs. and they a1ao worry about proper air traffic separation to avoid mid-air collisions. Assis1c:d by the International Air Transport Association (lATA), the VSAT at Ar Rutbah will enable air traffic controllera to deliver voice communications with aircraft in western Iraq, thus enabling procedural control over air traffic in western Iraq. • Traasfer of ctvU Avlatloa from MWtary to lraql Ovll Avlatloa (CAA): The Ministty of Transportation (MoT) is developing a master transitiou plan and financial requirements UNCLASSIFIED I PageJJ .. UNCLASSIFIED for civil aviation upgrades and operations underway, and establishing long-term milestones to ensure seamless transition of all efforts by or before July 1, 2004. The transition plan is being coordinated through Iraqi and CPA aviation channels. The first steps involve the development of an organizational suucture for the Iraqi CAA and a priority assessmeJit for iniiastiucture upgr;adcs through the ANS contract. • Cargo Sollcltadou: This week. CPA/MoT formally submitted a request to obtain a risk assessment of cargo transpol1 from CJTF-7. MoT will then submit this risk assessment to the F AAITSA for review to detc:nnine whether fUture American cargo carrim can fly to Baghdad. II. RAILROAD • Railroad Attacks: Insurgent attack$ against the railway continue to disrupt the normal flow of traffic:. 11tc frequency ofincidents remains slightly below the level of November, but the extent to which normal opemtions are disrupted remains unacceptable if the railway is to function as a vital transport element in the movement of cargoes related to troop redeployments, the Oil-for-Food Prognun, the Supplemental Appropriation, and the resurgenc:c: oflmqi industry. To ensure proper c:ommunic:ation between security forces, four hundred portable radios were rec:eived this week as part of the VHF radio projec:L • Train Operadoos: An operating plan bas been developed in response to the security situation on either side ofTikrit. and between lskanderiyah and Mahmoudia (south of Baghdad), and to the personal safety concerns of the locomotive drivm. Trains will operate through those areas only during daylight, and will be preceded by a pilot loc:omoth·e. This will reduc:c: the theoretic:al throupput capacity of the line, but given the current security conditions, this s1111tegy is required. IlL MARITIME • Off-Loading at Umm Qasr: Three ships off·loaded substantial Dlllterial this week. The Disco Yo/ante discharged 52,195 metric tons of Austmlian wheat at berth 10, and Nassau- based Beluga /nspiro.tion off-loaded clectric:al products under the Oil-for-Food program a! berth I 3. In addition, the lAdy Juliet off-loaded sugar products at berth 14. • Wreck Removal: CPA officials met with·UNDP to expedite the Tuzla COJDpany's wrc:ck removal program in Umm Qasr. Cwrently, CPA identifies 4 wrecked ships in the port that require removal. • Dredglag lu Khawr Az Zabayr: This week, the Iraqi Pon Authority (lPA) and the Maersk Co. agreed to a contract extension to dredge berths 9 and 10, wbicb comprise the port's emergency oil transfer channels. Currently, the IPA and Maersk Co. arc jointly operating the ship llDIIIllhlah to dn:dsc berths 7 and 8. • Dredging Ia Umm Qasr: A second IPA dn:dgc ship, the &ife So.itl, i8 aurenlly SO"AI repaired, and pumping water. Continuing to be repaired by Bechtel, the ship is expected to bo opemtional for dmlging opemtions in Umm Qasr in 2 weeks. UNCLASSIFIED 2 , UNCLASSIFIED IV. SECURITY • BacJulad IDtUDadouJ Airport Check Polat Eallaaeemt~~ta: Undc:r lbc pidancc of Ga1era1 Temple ofcm:-7 (Mmeuvcr()penticma), the c:bccltpolnt improvement c:ommittec for the Bap!ad lnlcmational Airport baa aped on 110p-pp aec:urity mc:asura. The December 12,2003 mectina with Ga:acra1 Temple (CITF-7) focused ou chcclcpolnt enhanc:c:mcllli .leading up to transition to civilian control ofBIAP on or around May IS, 2004. Given the continued military drawdoWD, MoT c:xpectsa dramatic cbanae in the traffic flow tJuougb Check Point 1111 . ~a temporary mc.u~~R, MoT and OTF· 7 will lay doWD 2.2 miles of additional Jersey barricra to better comroltruck traffic:. Thcle Jersey cmplaccmenls will prevent c:ommcrcial tnack traffic: in lana 1 and 2 to spill over 10 mililary traffic in lano 4 aDd commercial airport wofker craffic in laDe 3. • Improved Vettlag System Needed: The MoT ia involved m a multi-ministry effort to build a new national security vetting system. ln coontination with CPA officia1s end military intelligence, tbe system will be created by the Defense Advanced Rcscan:h Projects Agency (DARPA). As pan of this effort. MoT Is superviling a project 10 explore altemalivC$ to develop a central database system to conduct backgro1111d c~ oflnlqi naliollals beiDa considered for inilia.l employment end re-employment in MoT. • Port or Umm Qur ud Railroad Weapoaa Purchue: Tho MoT wbmitted a major weapons request to eqoip tbe Iraqi Pon Authority's force JnO*tion service at lbc Port of Umm Qasr. The request included I SO WCI)JODI. 200 roundl of Aulborized Basic Load (ABL), and 120,000 rounds to support llllit trainina and rcplcnishmcrlt of Unit Basic: l..oa<fins. Also, MoT requested I million rounda of ~mmuaitioD to equip the force pro*tion service oftbe Iraq ~public Railway. • Airport Vcttllla/Secllrity Scrcaabla: MoT helped c:om. pletc a sec:urily da\abuc to ra'eerl approximatdy IS2S ailport workm. Uaina lhedatabuc, MoT and SlcyLinlt Co. completed interviews of 10 ltaqi Airway Baggage Handlera and 3 Aerospace Ground Support Equipment (GSE) *hnicians. The tcc:hnicians arc scheduled for. training in Anunm, Jordan in the next four woeb and will be used on the clvilian side of lbe airport to support Royal Jordanian Airlines at BIAP. V. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING • Daalab Compoaeat or ltaliul Master Plaa: Repraenring the Danish lnlenlali. onal Development Agency (DANIDA), Danish Minister Counsellor Torbcm Gcl\emlaM rcporta this week that a funding plcdae totaling $3SO,OOO has been confirmed co fund the creation of a road pavement management aystam, long-term analysis of Iraq 'a marine ports, and a feasibility study on the resumption of river navipdon. Minister Counselor Gcttennanalso reporu that DANIDA is scelrina aa addjtioniJ ~mount of$200,000 to complete a Bathymetric swdy evaluating the depth of llaq 'a navipblo waters. This Danish initiative is on schedule to commence on April I, 2004, and will be completed on December IS, 2004. AlTACHMENTS: NONE COORDINATION: Department Huda Drafted (b)(2),(b)(3):10 usc §130b,(b)(6) UNCLASSIFIED 3