SAPMT has been requesting KAUST for access through Gate # 5 so that the contractor could install a chain link fence to isolate the area on the shoreline as requested by KAUST (see attachment # 2) and also to conduct studies for realignment of the corridor after the elimination of ditch. The approval/ work has been pending for almost 3 months as KAUST is requesting to provide third party security personnel to secure the subject area, which SAPMT believes is excessive due to the following reasons; 1. The location is outside the existing KAUST wall and IDAS system (see attachment # 1). 2. The area between the existing KAUST wall and the mentioned area is otherwise accessible through the flood channel which is not protected by any chain link fence, temporary gate, or third party security company. 

We would like to reiterate that this issue has become a bottleneck for the project and delaying so many activities specifically the realignment of security corridor due to the ditch elimination and the installation of chain link fence. Kaust is requested to coordinate with the Security department to reconsider and allow security and access with the help of Contractor's owned forces instead of third party security.