But decades of poor peatland management practices, including extensive forest clearance and canal construction, has drained the peat, putting the whole region at high fire risk when the inevitable droughts occur," Harrison said.
Site clearance work followed, and construction began in 2004.
It has already spent more than $1 billion on emergency aid and is now spending another $175 million on projects like cash-for-work programs, debris clearance, school construction and support for agriculture and police officers.
The sale of the division, Ashland Paving and Construction, has received antitrust clearance and is expected to close by the end of August, Ashland said.
There, its missions will once again include construction, route clearance, and training of Iraqi engineers.
The final environmental clearance was granted in April 2013 to allow the project to start right-of-way purchases and construction.
During the deployment, the brigade had five principle duties: route clearance and sanitation, rapid crater repair, engineer support to the 3rd Infantry Division and other combat units, planning, design and construction of contingency operating bases, and command of tactical bridging assets.
Subsequent evidence for local woodland clearance and agriculture is estimated to precede the construction of the large Iron Age enclosure in 372 BC, with increases in 'anthropogenic indicators' following this 'event'event
And construction began in earnest.
