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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAPl'ER III <br /> <br />DESIGNS AND ESTIMATES <br /> <br />Construction Program <br /> <br />Construction of the principal features of the Fruitland Mesa <br />project would require a period of about 4 years. An additional period <br />would be required for construction of drains after project water is <br />delivered and the need and location of the drains can be determined. <br />During the first year of the construction period most of the work would <br />be accomplished on the construction camps and preconstruction activitie~ <br />including further sampling and testing of structure foundations and <br />construction materials, field surveys, preparation of designs and speci- <br />fications, and acquisition of rights-of way. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Soap Park Dam and Black Mesa Conduit would be the first fea- <br />tures undertaken since they would require the longest construction <br />period s. Work on the diversion dams, canals, and laterals would be com- <br />pleted about the time reservoir and tunnel were ready for operation. A <br />control schedule of the proposed construction program is shown on the <br />following page. <br /> <br />Accessibility <br /> <br />The project features are accessible over existing highways, and <br />roads, but approximately 7 ll!iles of the 13-ll!ile access road from U. S. <br />Highway 50 at Sapinero to Soap Park Dam site would require improvement. <br />Montrose and Hotchkiss are the railheads nearest to the project area. <br />Both towns are served by the branch line of the Denver and Rio Grande <br />Western Railroad extending from the main line at Grand Junction to Delta, <br />Colo. Hotchkiss lies 11 miles north of Crawford Over Colorado State <br />Highway 92,and Montrose lies 41 miles west of Sapinero over U. S. High- <br />way 50. <br /> <br />Rights-of-Way <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Approximately 680 acres of land would be required for Soap <br />Park Dam and Reservoir and for relocation of existing trails and fences <br />in the reservoir basin. Approximately 455 acres of this land are in the <br />Gunnison National Forest and about 225 acres are privately owned and <br />would be purchased along with existing improvements. Land required for <br />the Black Mesa Conduit, including the Curecanti Creek Diversion Dam, lies <br />entirely within the Gunnison National Forest. The Crystal Creek diver- <br />sion site is on private land and would require the purchase of about <br /> <br />14 <br />