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<br />CO~ORADO,RIVER STORAGE PROJECT <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />PROJECT COSTS AND CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE <br /> <br />COST ESTIMATES <br /> <br />Construction cosl;! <br />The total construction cost of the 4 initial units and transmission <br />division of the Colorado River storage project and the 11 illitial <br />participating projects, including costs of past and future investiga- <br />tions, IS estimated at $992,174,000. Of the total, $677,382,000 .epre- <br />sents the cost of the stomge units and transmission divisiou and <br />$314,792,000 the cost of the participating projects. The cost estimate <br />ill the latest official estimate of the Bureau of Reclamation and <br />cooperating agencies. It is based generally on' the price level of <br />January 1957 except that bid prices were used where available and <br />actual costs offast:investigations and construction were used. Since <br />the location 0 facilities in the transmission division has not been <br />definitely determined, the constl'llction cost of such facilities was <br />estimated on the basis of an average of about $135 pel' kilowatt of <br />installed pewerplaJl.t generating capacity. The east estimates will be <br />revised periodieally to include costs of completed work, changes in <br />estimates resulting from future modifications in plans, and latest <br />available data inclnding bid prices, <br /> <br />Operation, maintenance, and replacement C08t8 <br />Operation, maintenance, and replacement, costs "re estimated at <br />$7,729,000 annuajly, including $6,282,000 for the storage units and <br />transmission division and $1,447,000 for the participatmg projects. <br />The, operation add maintenanee eosts were cstimated Itt, price levels <br />of the 3-year peDod 1954-5tl and tbe replacement costs were based <br />on current construction cost estimates. The estinlates shown above, <br />which were used. in the repayment analysis, indude replacement <br />costs compute,1 at 2% percent intereBt over a 100-yel\r period. <br /> <br />Summary <br />The tahle on the following page summarizes construction costB and <br />annual operatio.n, maintenance, and replacement costs for eneh <br />Btorage unit, the' transmission division, and each participltting project. <br />For convenience in the economic and financial analysis in later sec- <br />tions of the repQrt, the table also itemizes expenditures througb June <br />30, 1957, the costs used as a basis fo.r the heneflt,-8oHt analysis, and <br />the costs to he ilI1ocated. <br /> <br />,L <br />