Tuesday, September 23, 2003
The Breakdown
The Associate Press got its hands on the Bush administration's breakdown of how they would spend the $20.3 million requested for Iraqi reconstruction. Some of the items include:
-Build and modernize 26 jails and prisons for 8,500 inmates, $99 million.
-Spend $9 million to modernize Iraq's postal system, including establishment of ZIP codes.
-Rebuild the country's badly damaged electrical system, install at least 11 40-megawatt gas turbine generation plants and several larger units, replace power lines and towers, $2.9 billion.
-Use $1 billion to provide drinkable water to 75 percent of Iraq's urban population, an additional 2.7 million people, up from 60 percent today. An additional $530 million would be spent to serve 75 percent of the rural population, an additional 1.3 million, many of whom now rely on water trucked in as infrequently as once every 10 days. Eventual goal: serve 90 percent of the population, $2.8 billion.
-Spend $130 million to construct 10 major irrigation and drainage projects.
-Use $125 million to rebuild railroad tracks.
-Start building at least 3,528 new houses next year as part of a $100 million housing initiative.
Much more.
posted by chris at 1:53 PM
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