Accomplishments: Railroad
Objectives include: the rehabilitation and repair of damaged transportation systems focusing on the most economically critical networks.
- Bechtel completed an evaluation of the Iraqi railroad system on
June 25.
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Work on railways is an integrated US-Iraqi effort; Bechtel
contributes project management, material and parts while the
Iraqi Railway Administration contributes equipment and labor.
- This approach brings Iraqis into the rebuilding
process and lowers project costs.
- Arabic-English translation of railway specifications for
earthwork, reinforced concrete, and buildings is underway.
- USAID has approved the Bechtel job order in support of CPA’s
priorities to repair 72 km of track from Umm Qasr to Shuiaba
Junction, near Basrah.
- Repairs will ensure grain shipments from the seaport
to mills are not jeopardized due to faulty track.
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