by Ken Quintanilla
Guam - The Department
of Defense Inspector General report on the program and contract infrastructure
technical requirements development for the Guam Realignment Program was also
released inclusive of findings and recommendations for the island's port,
roads, power production and transmission, drinking water, wastewater, solid
waste and communications.
Port chairman Dan
Tydingco tells KUAM News that the final report mirrored similar concerns on the
conditions of the Port's waterfront as noted through a draft report last year
and will thoroughly examine how to move forward with the modernization plan.
"I think there is still universal agreement between the federal side and
the local side that Port needs to be modernized regardless of what numbers
of people are coming here for the modernization or the buildup here, there's
still that sentiment that has been echoed or viewed that the port has to be
modernized," he said.
The report
found that the Port's cargo handling capacity must be upgraded to achieve the
required throughput for the military realignment to Guam
and recommended prioritizing correcting the deteriorated structural, utility
and infrastructural facility deficiencies and upgrade said facilities to modern
safe standard. He adds the Port and island leaders will have a formal meeting
with MARAD, the DoD, IG, USDA and JGPO in Washington,
DC on February 24.
