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<br /> <br />S~u(0 <br />ROcKY MOUNT.\IN NEWS <br />Denv8r, CO <br />(Denver COlJnty) <br />Dally,301.oo0 <br /> <br />Colorado Press <br />Clipping Service <br /> <br />1336 Glenann Place. Denver, CO 80104 <br />.lO3-571_5117. FAX30J-571_1803 <br /> <br /> <br />sS'J 66J J 661- J. <br /> <br />IUO~L <br /> <br /> <br />q .0"7 <br />IV 1; <br /> <br />'Mis\a~es made' in water project <br /> <br />Animas-La Plata is <br />millions over budget <br /> <br />By Deborah Frazier <br />ROCKY MOU~JTAIN NEWS <br /> <br />The. Bureau of Reclamation <br />Wednesday took the blame for most <br />01 the $162 million in cost oveITUllS <br />on the Animas-La'. 'Platll"-.wster <br />. ".'.,'';'1'" .','.:-j.". '::'.',"lI'J "11': '^' \.. '\"1'. <br />.'\ ,.,. ./'. _.F) ""'.',:, <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />IS ~d U'l <br />ldkl 1'V I <br />~OSlOW <br /> <br />SNV~ ~d O€ <br /> <br />project in southwestern Colorado. <br />"Mistakes were made, and we at <br />the bureau bear the ultimate respon- <br />sibility," said John Keys, commis- <br />sioner olthe bureau. <br />Since 1999, the price estimate has <br />jumped from $337 mllllon to $500 <br />million. The project, first proposed <br />in the 19605, will settle Indian water <br />claims and supply water to growing <br />cities tn Colorado and NewMeXtco: <br />There were no - cost ,reViews or <br />price aciJustments betWe~h)'\1999 <br />':_fJ.'b<::l':':\,:"1<-1!,..:.T .'1.'\')'~' "Cl-f l)'t."IN <br />., . ~~~~ :h} i~~~~~;~;~;~~{;- <br /> <br />\ was reported this year, the bureau <br />\ first blamed the Ute Mountam Ute <br />contractor, Weemlnuche Construc- <br /> <br />t!o.f'he bureau .later apologized to <br /> <br />and 2003 -'- despite significant <br />changes in construction work, Keys <br />said. <br />On most major projects, the peri- <br />.odic reviews reveal cost changes, <br />"We should have reviewed It soon- <br />er;' said Keys. <br />He said the major reasons for the <br />leap in costs were that the ortglnal <br />1999 estimates were incomplete or <br />tnaccurate and. .severll\ 11il.lf:llit"'s <br />were moved .to sites 6ft IsbIIl:lcFi>ck <br />Ulat M<I tbbHilIiBt~d"',J 'O;-;C-!,'. rl <br />i:'J.<';' l"~ 'lO(.oJ: I'("d (YV,) (tt 'iJjJ ,"'if)') <br />r . ~ f:~' or ., f " -r r_""\ ,.r'" <br /> <br />Those problems accounted for <br />about $120 Inmion in overruns. The <br />erroneous price estimates were due <br />to using appraisal costs rather than <br />actual construction cost estimates, . <br />he said. -. <br />"The magnitude oftbe change has <br />surptised us all;' said Rick Gold, the <br />bureau's director in the region' 'In <br />the 1960s, he was project manager <br />C6rthe Anlmas- La Plata, " ' <br /> <br />c'"e,' " .' "-' Flipfo'QVERlromHi<\'a2^ <br />~.f~l'-::1 ".Vi'f:) ,:'~'I ~'(\ :~:IJ -:"~:-!'.1'\ <br />'-. ~ : ~ '7 1 f -I I. 4:.( ."", ,'.,-, ,. [ : <br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />c:::> <br />c:::> <br />N <br />N <br />c.c <br />c.c <br />