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05ROME3465
2005-10-17 11:44:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Rome
Cable title:  

AFGHAN ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ITALY SAYS AFGHAN

Tags:  EAID PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN 
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UNCLAS ROME 003465 

SIPDIS


SENSITIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
SUBJECT: AFGHAN ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ITALY SAYS AFGHAN
OFFICIALS SOURCE OF DELAYS

REF: SECSTATE 184232

UNCLAS ROME 003465

SIPDIS


SENSITIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
SUBJECT: AFGHAN ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ITALY SAYS AFGHAN
OFFICIALS SOURCE OF DELAYS

REF: SECSTATE 184232


1. (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Giuseppe Cinti,
Office Director for Afghanistan at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Alessandro Modiano, Office Director for Asia and
Latin America, at the MFA's Directorate for Development
Cooperation (Italy's USAID equivalent). On October 12, Maia
Pia Dradi, a expert on Afghanistan reconstruction in
Modiano's office, responded with an update on the
Kabul-Bamiyan road project.


2. (SBU) Dradi said the delays in the start of construction
were the result of a lack of capacity at the Afghan Ministry
of Public Works. Contracts are being tendered and awarded at
a very slow pace. Though the GOI committed to assist in
building the road in January 2003, the Ministry of Public
Works, even with Italian experts assisting, only succeeded in
awarding the contract for the design work in October 2004.
She said the Ministry will hopefully award the contract for
construction in March or April 2006, so that work can begin
in early summer. Assuming an 18-24 month construction
schedule, the road will not be completed until early-to-mid

2008.


3. (SBU) Dradi said the GOI has already allocated euro 36
million ($43 million) for the project and has disbursed euro
12 million to the GOA for the design phase. The other euro
24 million for the construction will likely be disbursed to
the GOA this year.
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2005ROME03465 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED