Seabees Expand Roadway
FOB Duke, Iraq - Navy Seabees attached to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Najaf completed their part in a major road expansion project in Kufa today. The work was done at the request of Najaf Province's governor, Adnan al-Zurufi, as part of a larger government road expansion project.
The project consisted of widening 3 km of a major thoroughfare between Najaf and Kufa, turning the two lane road into a four lane road. Seabees leveled and grated the ground, laid a rock and sand mixture as the road's sub-base, and the rolled and compacted the sub-base. A local contractor will be hired to asphalt the additional two lanes.
The month-long project serves as part of an overall government transportation plan, which includes three distinct phases of road improvements that will provide a long-term solution to automobile traffic between the two cities.
"The MEU has funded $10 million in reconstruction projects since fighting ended in August, but all this work has been or is being done by Iraqi contractors and workers," said Col. Anthony M. Haslam, 11th MEU commander. "This project afforded us the opportunity to show the locals we're committed to helping, and that we're not afraid to break a sweat in doing so."
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