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<br />the contractor initiated work on this. The work <br />consists of providing access roads to the dam. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The Colorado Department of Highways recently <br />awarded the $2.7 million contract for the reloca- <br />tion of U. S. Highway 50 and Colorado 149 between <br />Gunnison and Sapinero. Either under contract or <br />completed are two other sections of highways. <br />~ith the completion of all this work, including <br />the new schedule just awarded, this will complete <br />the highway relocation at Blue Mesa that is re- <br />quired as a result of the construction at Blue <br />Mesa Dam. There is another section between Iola <br />and East Elk Creek yet to be constructed to com- <br />plete that link but that is the responsibility <br />of the state of colorado. <br /> <br />This Thursday they will open bids at the <br />offices there in Gunnison for the construction <br />of County Road 7. This is the road that will <br />replace the old Lake Fork Road. <br /> <br />Full-scale construction is under way on the <br />transmission system. All of the original network <br />of these lines necessary to deliver initial power <br />from Flaming Gorge in 1963 and Glen Canyon in <br />1964 is under construction. Work was begun on <br />pinnacle Peak, Curecanti and Hayden Substations. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The Department of the Interior has announced <br />approval of the Bureau's recommendations for <br />allocation of power generated by hydroelectric <br />plants of the storage Project to more than 100 <br />municipalities, government installations and <br />cooperatives in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, <br />Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California. This <br />first block of power will be available in Septem- <br />ber 1963. This allocation follows tentative <br />allocations announced in January with minor changes <br />made on the basis of comments received from poten- <br />tial customers. <br /> <br />On May 17th the $2,278,000 contract for the <br />multichannel microwave radio system to serve <br />power facilities of the storage Project from the <br />Power Operations Office at Montrose was awarded <br />to General Dynamics Corporation, Stromberg-Carlson <br />