ARTICLE - GOV'T RECONSTRUCTION UNIT

THE GOVERNMENT PUTS IN PLACE A UNIT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION
(Haiti Libre) -

Last Friday, the President of the Republic has proceeded with the installation of the UCLBP (Unit of housing and public buildings construction), which will work on the reconstruction of government buildings and housing for the population. The installation ceremony took place last Friday to the Primature in the presence of the Prime Minister, Dr. Garry Conille, members of the cabinet as well as partners involved in the reconstruction.

"This unit will have a very well organized structure, which will enable us to plan and move quickly towards investment, so that we can rebuild all public buildings. We will try to start as soon as possible with Parliament. We are already working on a series of buildings in the area of ​​Duvivier and Morne-à-cabris and we'll do the planning .... the President has an exact schedule : when the construction will start, where will they be made and when will they be completed" stated the Prime Minister after the meeting.

Garry Conille clarified that this unit is composed of a technical unit and a steering committee composed of six ministers. It is an implementation structure that will work in common agreement with the IHRC and all partners will be involved so that we can move forward. "The Commission will be primarily civil, but certainly, we will benefit from the experience of one or two military experts, because we need people who have the technicality, to make very sharp recommendations..." adding that by January 2012, there will be some buildings that will be started, but above all that people will have an exact schedule of construction for each building."

Concerning the location of buildings, Garry Conille clarified that "we have focused primarily in the downtown of the city for public buildings, but we have already started the construction of housing as I said, in the area of Morne-à-cabris, Duvivier. [...] The work at the airport has already begun and is progressing. We will try to turn the country into a real construction site, so that the population can see that indeed we are moving forward."

For his part, President Martelly declared "[...] we talked about the need to have this dashboard, ... today we are talking about major projects. For example, it is time to remake the port. The Prime Minister decided that we will remake the port. We are at the stuy stage and we will have the answers when the Prime Minister has delivered to me this dashboard... We have also talked about the South Port. We know that this project has existed for a long time,.... unfortunately, the feasibility study has not yet been achieved. The pre-feasibility study will be ready in six weeks, and from there we will know when we can start. [...] It is time that we are converting the country into a construction site. We realize that money is not the problem. Now if a person makes a project of more than 70,000 U.S. dollars, it is necessary that the project goes to tender...