Corps Prepares to Assess Early Infrastructure Needs in Iraq
The Corps of Engineers has slightly more than 200 of its people overseas planning to do assessments of initial rebuilding needs in Iraq, says Lt. Gen. Robert Flowers, the Chief of Engineers.
In a brief interview with ENR on March 26, Flowers said, "What we're working at now primarily is planning and preparation for doing assessments." Eventually, he notes, the U.S. Agency for International Development will take charge of reconstruction in Iraq. During the initial phase of expected U.S.-coalition military control, "There will be a lot of work that needs to be done to restore temporary services, provide quality of life for refugees...initially while you're still in a situation where the military is kind of overseeing what's going on," Flowers says. "And we'll be working that. We'll be doing the initial assessments."