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<br />estimated to be $491,000_ Costs in connection with annual operation,
<br />maintenance, and replacement of recreation and fish and wildlife
<br />enhancement faciUhes, presently estlmated at $37,310, would be
<br />apportioned entirely to non-Federal interests. Addltionalproject
<br />costs to maintain the historic setting of Bent's Old Fort would be
<br />apportioned to the Unlted States because of the special Federal
<br />interest associated ~'ith the Kational Historic Site.
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<br />Arkansas River subbasin above John Martin Darn. Details of the economic
<br />studies are included in Attachment V. A swnrnary of national and region_
<br />,,1 benefits by classes is given in Table 12. Project costs, apportion_
<br />ment of costs to Federal and non-Federal interests, and annual charges
<br />are itemized in Table 13.
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<br />4g. The Arkansas Rlver Channelization Project, Pueblo to Las
<br />Animas, would traverse Pueblo, Crowley, Otero, and Bent Counties. In
<br />order to determine an equitable distribution of non-Federal costs to
<br />each politieal subdivis~on, the first costs of constructlon were
<br />estimated by counties and the urban areas of La Junta, as iteml:ed in
<br />Table 11. Individual cash contributions, separable recreation costs,
<br />and annual operation, maintenance and replacement eosts also are given
<br />in Tahlc 11.
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<br />Distribution of Non-Federal Costs, Arkansas River
<br />Channeli:ation,PucblotoLasAnil:las
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<br />Count" Construetio Reerea. Ca.shCon- "'''
<br />Lands etc. tion trihution Total Costs
<br />Pueblo County $~,893,8SS 208,150 $26,930 $5,128,935 $174,355
<br />Crowley County 1,951,020 24,350 17,950 1,993,320 47,650
<br />OtcroCounty:
<br />Urban (La JU<lta) 1,842,000 43,000 2,800 1,887,8O(J' 18,060
<br />Rural 6,374,325 215,500 63,110 6,652,995 181,155
<br />Subtotal 8,216,325 258,500 65,970 8,540,795 199,215
<br />Bent County &10,800 -- -- 610,800 13,590
<br />Total 15,672,000 491,000 110,850 16,273,850 434,810
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<br />BEST PLAN OF IMPROVEMENT, ARKAIISAS RIVER AIID TRIBUTARIES ABOVE
<br />JOHN !".ARTI!I DAM, COLO!II-.DO
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<br />49~ REANALYSIS OF PROJECT .'I)STIFICATIO.'l. ~ The local proteetlon
<br />projects and the Arkansas River FlooJway from Drewster to florence, as
<br />listed under 110DIFIED PLA~' OF INPROVEME,','T. were reanalyzed to deter"'lne
<br />oconOlllic feasibility On the basis of January 1969 price levels and co ll_
<br />clitions, the interest rate of 4-7/8 percent, and utili:ation of the bene~
<br />fits >"hicll would be derived froT:lemploy",ent of the unemployed re sources
<br />during and following project construction. All of the projects were
<br />found to be economically justifiedunJer these criteria and are, the re-
<br />fore, inCluded as elements of the revised plan of improvement for the
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