{"id":299334,"date":"2019-05-13T06:06:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T20:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=299334"},"modified":"2019-05-13T06:06:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T20:06:36","slug":"saipan-airport-now-70-pct-recovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-airport-now-70-pct-recovered\/","title":{"rendered":"Saipan airport now 70 pct. recovered"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Commonwealth Ports Authority executive director Christopher S. Tenorio gestures as he discusses during the CPA board meeting Friday their recovery efforts at the Francisco C. Ada\/Saipan International Airport after Super Typhoon Yutu\u2019s devastation. (Ferdie De La Torre)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

– Yutu devastation cost CPA $2.6M so far;<\/strong> <\/p>\n

– CPA gets $5M in property insurance, $10M more forthcoming<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Francisco C. Ada\/Saipan International Airport is now 70 percent recovered from Super Typhoon Yutu\u2019s devastation but the restoration efforts resulted in the Commonwealth Ports Authority spending $2.6 million so far to address some of the damage to its infrastructure. <\/p>\n

CPA executive director Christopher S. Tenorio discussed all typhoon-related issues at the Saipan airport during last Friday\u2019s board meeting. <\/p>\n

Tenorio also disclosed that the insurance company has given CPA $5 million in property insurance to start addressing its damaged properties and that an additional $10 million is forthcoming.<\/p>\n

In a separate interview, Tenorio stated that the airport is now 70 percent recovered from Yutu, although they still have issues such as the passenger loading bridges.<\/p>\n

Tenorio said the loading bridges is one of the most critical issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a long process,\u201d he said, noting that all six loading bridges were damaged. <\/p>\n

Before Yutu hit Saipan and Tinian last Oct. 24 and 25, CPA had already started the process of replacing the three loading bridges, with funding from the Federal Aviation Administration.<\/p>\n

All six loading bridges were then damaged after the typhoon. <\/p>\n

With the purchase of three loading bridges already funded by Federal Aviation Administration, CPA will have to foot the bill for the other three, Tenorio said.<\/p>\n

Of the six new bridges, Tenorio said, three will be arriving this October and the anticipated completion of the remaining three is June 2020. <\/p>\n

The remaining three are now in the design phase and will be procured using insurance proceeds, Tenorio said.<\/p>\n

He said that CPA has already spent $2.6 million on Yutu recovery.<\/p>\n

Tenorio said the air-conditioning units, windows, glasses, and minor damages at the airport had already been addressed and that the funding for those were part of CPA\u2019s $2.6 million expenses. <\/p>\n

On the insurance matter, he said CPA is still waiting for the final damage estimate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the $5 million now. This is for property insurance. The insurance company gave us the $5 million to start rebuilding,\u201d he said, adding that an additional $10 million from the insurance company is forthcoming. <\/p>\n

Tenorio said they are just waiting for their insurance to provide them with its assessments because they already have their own assessments from a private engineering firm.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are just waiting for the insurance\u2019s estimate so that we can compare both,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As for any reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Office, Tenorio said they don\u2019t know yet if they will get that.<\/p>\n

He said CPA is still working with FEMA by providing it with all the documents for reimbursement of payouts to vendors and staff and CPA is just waiting for FEMA\u2019s response.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are still doing assessments and everything,\u201d Tenorio added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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