CPA Infrastructure Reconstruction doc 36

l'!lgoH2 _ _ _ _ COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY BAGHDAD January 23, 2004 FOR: THE ADMINISTRATOR FROM: Darrell Trent, Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Transportation SUBJECf: Wasit Airfield Funding • A weekly update Jiom the CPA governance team in the province ofWasit questioned why such a large percentage of its reconstruction funds was being spent on the Numaniyab airfield. You asked for more clarification. • Specifically, the Wasit governance team believed that S109MUSD out of$288MUSD was allocated for this aviation project. The relevant project titles were identified as SMSA J 07 and SMSA J 13. • After researching this issue, we discovered that the representative's documentation was incorrect and outdated. Ac:co!ding to cunent PMO documentation, the only aviation projects from the Ministry ofTransportation to be func:lod by PMO ate the three major airports in Iraq: Baghdad International, Basrah and MosuJ. • Furthennore, MoT discovered that the renovation An Numaniyah Military Base was generated by CMA IT and funded by FY'04 supplemental funds. The renovation project is in support of tho new Iraqi army. The new Iraqi anny will have one of there bases at ~ An :;; ~ ..... umani irficld. Earth Tech won the contract and is in the process to start work. ff~~0 (~ <3 >:1 ~ usc is the POC for this project. ATTACHMENTS: NONE COORDINATION: ] UNCLASSIFIED