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172 10. ~olorado requests that further. study be given to the problem of access road routes to the Echo Park Dam .and Reservoir before final selection of a route is made. The State submits that such studies should be based upon the following considera- tions in the national interest: (a) Costs should be kept to a minimum consistent ,<ith the immediate and ultimate purpose of the road. . (b) Time required for construction of the road must be given proper consideration. Substantial delays for difficult road construction will correspondingly delay the commencement and completion of the dam, and the ultimate realization of the benefits therefrom. (c) Inasmuch as supplies for the construction of the d~ will be transported from existing railheads, both east and west of the dam site, it would seem to be good policy, when con'sis- tent with the above criteria, to locate the access road so that service from neither direction would be placed at a disadvantage. It would not appear to be good policy to handicap unduly the closer of the alternate railheads. Colorado's investigations of the matter indicate that a road leaving highway U. S. 40 in the vicinity of Artesia, Colorado, and following a northerly course to the dam site best fulfills these requirements. It is believed that the construction of this project, and the recognition of the recreational values which will be made possible by it, will ultimately involve roads to serve the National Monument with its scenic and recreational attractions. ( Colorado requests Region 4 of the Bureau of Reclamation not only to make the necessarJI surveys and investigations for acce~s routes to such dam and reservoir from the area in Colorado, here- inabove mentioned, but also requests that, in the Bureau's con- sideration of this matter, the State, and interested groups within the State, be kept informed and a,dvised before a final decision on the matter is made. 11. Colorado approves the principle that, in the selection of projects to participate in the "Development Account", those projects which will serve use of water within the natural basin of the Colorado River in Colorado shall be given first consideration. 12. Colorado points out, and wishes to emphasize, that the surve;)'s and investigations for project development within the natural basin of the Colorado River, in COlorado, are far from complete and in some areas therein have not been initiated. Ex- tensive surveys and investigations of the potentialities for the use of water for all purposes within such natural basin will be required. They are essential in order that this State may prosecute ,- ,