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<br />S;,i"'(ARY (Cont irlUed) <br /> <br />accepted by the, C;oloraJ" St:lte Historic Preservation Office il1 1983. <br />Once the final alignment of the Towaoe Canal was determined, Reclamation <br />would propose steps to mitigate the impacts to the cultural resource sites, <br />including data recovery and, where possible, avoidance. At the borrow <br />areas and gravel sources yet to be surveyed, avoidance of recorded sites <br />would be emphasized. At the end of the cultural resources mitigation <br />program, the artifacts and reports would becurated at the Anasazi Heritage <br />Center near Dolores, Colorado. <br /> <br />Social and economic conditions <br /> <br />Reclamation estimates the county population between 1989 and 1994 <br />would increase with the construction of the project modifications. <br />Without their construction, some construction workers and their families <br />would move from the area between 1992 and 1994 when construction on the <br />Dolores Project nhases out. With the project modifications, some of <br />those construction workers and their families would remain to work on <br />these features. Their presence for these 3 years would have a slightly <br />greater impact on population growth than with the no action alternative. <br />Since enough skilled workers are available in the area, no influx of new <br />workers is expected. No significant long-term effects are expected with <br />the addition of the project modifications. Public services, such as <br />treated water and sewage, fire and police protection, schools, and <br />social services, have sufficient capacity to deal with the effects of <br />their construction. Construction of these project modifications would <br />provide a total of 215 direct employment person years between 1989 and <br />1994. No long-term effects on employment would occur with the construc- <br />tion of the project modifications. <br /> <br />With construction of the project modifications, an estimated $6.3 <br />million would be paid in total on-site wages between 1989 and 1994. The <br />effect on the local economy would be to soften the general decline in <br />wages and buying power during the construction period. The median indi- <br />vidual and household income for the county would stabillze sOl'lewhat, but <br />it would begin declining again on completion of the project modifications. <br />The long-term effect on income is expected to be insignificant because <br />the construction program is small and of relatively short duration. <br /> <br />lYith and without construction of the project modifications, single- <br />family dwellings would probably be plentiful. With construction, a <br />reduction in the number of vacancies would occur between 1989 and 1994. <br />Rental rates, which declined in 1986, may also stabilize slightly during <br />the construction period. The number of county households would be <br />approximately 1 percent greater with the construction of the project <br />modif icat ions. <br /> <br />S-13 <br />