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Despite the exclusion of roads from Project
tund±rg, nowevev, shouid lack of good roads develop to be a
:; iqnificant constrt;rr to tho Poject P"pose every offort
; h Ill.), id,. M I ,, ;: t I h,. R'P'. Lo1 1ipip',v, tiny p!lobl. m
i:o&Js within otne. ongoing development programs. if all
else fails, contingency funds may be ccnsidered for minimum
essent.al road impiovement work. A covenant to the Project
Agreement wii be negotiated to help assure priority attention
to roads whenever necessary.
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Enineerinq Feasibility
a. Enlineer-na Arrangements
Pro]ect componer:ts requiring engineering
design and supervlsi3n input ate the water resource modifications,
land modifications and facilities construction.
For a±i of these eLements it was decided that a single
agency, the Department of Land Development (DLD) of MOAC,
should assume responsibility for construction activities in
order to provide unified control, DLD has wide experience
in these areas and last year i1 9 8 0) constructed 367 water
improvements ;221 by force account and 146 ny contract).
DLD is also the designated RTG agency for land shaping and
small scale water resouice activities.
DLD plans to provide a survey and design team
to the Project beginning in year one, ana to follow up with
designation of a construction supervision team and two
additional inspectors beginning yeaK two when construction
activities are scheduied to aegin, To coordinate the work
and provide liaison with the Proiect, DLD will assign an
experienced, senior enganeer tuli-time to the Project who
will be stationed in the Noitneast. Ai± other technicai
expertise will be hired especiaily for tne Pioject to assure
their full-time commitment. (Figure 1l1-C shows Organization
Chart.)
As in other recent AiD project;, all con­
struction services for the water resource activities will be
contracted from local, experienced contractors which are in
good supply in the Northeast. it in pJanne6 that land
shaping and terracing will be done by DLD force account
because of the need to worK closely with faimets on this
component.
The above arrangement represents an improvement
over existing procedures. Up to now DLD has not
stationed engineers in the tield but has reiied on temporary