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<br />....r; /116 2;) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />It is expected that work at Morrow Point Dam will proceed with little <br /> <br /> <br />or no slowdown during the remaining winter months. With about 17 percent <br /> <br /> <br />of the work completed, the contractor is continu1ng work on open cut exca- <br /> <br /> <br />vation for the powerplant, the keY'Ways, and the tunnel portals. Crews are <br /> <br /> <br />in the process of inBtalling a large concrete batchplant for the 400 ,000 <br /> <br /> <br />cubic yards of concrete that will be placed in the 455-foot structure. <br /> <br /> <br />Pouring of the concrete is expected to begin in July. A cableway has been <br /> <br /> <br />installed across the canyon which will be used in placing the concrete. A <br /> <br /> <br />great deal of rock bolting above the open cut areas has been required. <br /> <br /> <br />At Crystal damsite, all core drilling has been accomplished by the <br /> <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamation, and the borrow area exploration program for earth <br /> <br /> <br />materials was completed during November. Invitations to bid on the firBt <br /> <br /> <br />contract for work in connection with Crystal Dam are scheduled for issuance <br /> <br /> <br />someti:me during February or March. This contract will be for construction <br /> <br /> <br />of the difficult access road to the damsite. <br /> <br /> <br />On the FLORIDA PRWECT, all work contracted by the Bureau of Reclama- <br /> <br /> <br />tion has been completed. The Florida Water Conservancy District is con- <br /> <br /> <br />tinuing work on rehabilitation of approximately 50 miles of the canal and <br /> <br /> <br />distribution system with funds advanced by the Bureau. This section of the <br /> <br /> <br />distribution system will serve 11,900 acres of the 19,450 acres in the <br /> <br /> <br />project. <br /> <br /> <br />At Rifle Gap Dam, principal feature of the SILT PROJECT, inclement <br /> <br /> <br />weather has restricted the activities of the contractor to excavation in <br /> <br /> <br />open cut for the spillway and outlet works and excavation on the relocated <br /> <br /> <br />county road. The open cut excavation at the upstream portal of the outlet <br /> <br />2 <br />