Typhoon Soudelor\u2019s damage to public school facilities may require a reassessment of the first phase of a federally funded deferred maintenance project.<\/p>\n
That DM project\u2014the Office of Insular Affairs\u2019 \u201cAssessment of Buildings and Classrooms\u201d Initiative\u2014is one of several Department of the Interior-funded projects for the CNMI Public School System.<\/p>\n
Education Commissioner Dr. Rita Sablan disclosed that during a meeting on Tuesday with Esther Kia\u2019aina, the U.S. Department of the Interior assistant secretary for insular affairs, they discussed three Interior-funded projects: the Marianas High School\u2019s solar energy bid project, the \u201cConnect Youth to Career\u201d program, and the deferred maintenance project.<\/p>\n
On the DM project, Sablan said they completed the \u201cwork plan\u201d so hopefully they can get started with the project as soon as possible.<\/p>\n
She said the project is one of things they are going to start working on immediately.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe gave [Kia\u2019aina] a rundown of our damage estimates and our list of hazard mitigation [plans] that we are working on,\u201d Sablan told Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n
When asked how Typhoon Soudelor affects the DM project, Sablan pointed to how a lot of their projects were related to electrical systems. In fact, \u201cPhase 1\u201d of the ABC initiative centers on electrical.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was additional damage to our electrical assessment,\u201d Sablan disclosed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe the Army Corps of Engineer or the [ABC project] consultant will probably have to revisit and see what is wrong with the additional damage to the Phase 1 project.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it would be necessary to do that,\u201d Sablan said. \u201cFor example, Garapan Elementary School sustained electrical damage in their roofs\u2014tin roofs flew away. It\u2019s not only a piece of electrical outfit now but we are talking a major outfit,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Sablan said they toured Kia\u2019aina around Marianas High School, which was heavily damaged and rained out by the storm, and informed her of their progress on the public assistance application for federal aid.<\/p>\n
Kia\u2019aina on Tuesday also visited the Northern Marianas College and the Commonwealth Utilities Corp., among others.<\/p>\n
During her trip in the CNMI, which reportedly ended yesterday, she focused on what the CNMI plans for its hazardous mitigation plans, and committed on Wednesday to find remaining Interior fiscal 2015 funds, including for Capital Improvement Projects, for reprogramming to meet the immediate needs of the Northern Marianas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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