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Feasibility Study for the Plaza Project — Phase 2: McDonald Ditch Implementation Project <br />Figure 10. Sevenmile Plaza Bridge and McDonald Ditch Diversion <br />7.3.4 Location of Power Poles <br />Stakeholders were concerned about the potential risks involved with two power poles belonging <br />to San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative ( SLVREC), located in close proximity to the McDD <br />diversion. The two power poles sit approximately io and 70 feet from the edge of the riverbank. <br />This bank, which is currently vertical, has eroded in the past, causing SLVREC to move the <br />closest pole back from the bank's edge. Through the project, the banks will be shaped and the <br />new diversion and streambank stabilization structures will be tied into it. It was determined the <br />poles would be moved in Phase 2 as in -kind project contribution from SLVREC. Additionally, <br />the power can be moved between two 12.5 kV electrical lines, which run parallel across the river, <br />to accommodate in -stream heavy equipment operation. The handling of the two major <br />infrastructure concerns, the Rio Grande County owned Sevenmile Plaza Bridge and the SLVREC <br />power poles, illustrates the collaboration which existed throughout the Plaza Planning Project <br />and the many cross - sector benefits that were derived from the Plaza Stakeholder process. <br />19 <br />