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DPW tells House panel it needs funding to finish Route 36, other highway and energy projects
Summary
Ray Yumo, secretary of the CNMI Department of Public Works, outlined completed and planned transportation and energy projects — including Route 36 phases, Route 315 traffic signal work and a federal earmark — while presenting the agency's budget to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ray Yumo, secretary of the Department of Public Works, told the House Committee on Ways and Means during a budget hearing that the department is focused on finishing major road projects and expanding renewable-energy and resilience work.
The secretary opened with an overview of DPW's structure and recent work and listed highway projects the department says it advanced under the current administration. "Route 36 Phase 1 ... the windward, Calabetta Road Improvement Project" is now complete through the phase Yumo described; Phase 2 extends the road from Hidden Beach to San Juan, and DPW said it is working on the final phase to pave up to Bird Island. Yumo said Route 36 benefitted from a…
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