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<br />Construction is actively ttnderl.ay at Oahc and Big Bend Dams and Reservoirs.
<br />At Oahe construction was. about 80 percent compfete-a.'t"'"tne--encro1' bscai
<br />. YeaF"!962. The first power unit has been placed in operation. During
<br />Fiscal Year 1963 construction ,.lill continue on the power units, with 3
<br />. units ,scheduled to go into service, on the spilhmy and on relocation
<br />work. ,Land acquisition will be continued.
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<br />The placing of the first unit on the line at Gahe brings the nameplate
<br />rating to over a million kilowatts of installea-capacity in the main stem
<br />system. The other power plants are at Fort Peck, Garrison, Fort Randall,
<br />and Gavins Point Reservoirs at which furrplahlied power J.nstanii'tions
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<br />Minor Cleanup work was carried on at Fort PecIc, bringing this project
<br />nearer to f:inal completion. At Garri'SOilworJ< was continued at the head
<br />of the reservoir. Relocation work should be completed during 1963. At
<br />Fort Ranel,all principal activity was in connection with the Hinner-Platte
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<br />At Big Bend l;rork Has about 26 percent complete at the end of Fiscal Year
<br />19~ During 1963 construction will continue on the embanlmtent ,power-
<br />house substructure, spillway, turbines and generators. Work on the
<br />powerhouse superstructure will be initiated. Closure is scheduled for
<br />July 1963 ldth first power about a year later.
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<br />Progress nas made on ,.rork on the Bank Stabilization and Navigation
<br />Project from Sioux City to the moU'ETi; By the end of Fiscal Year 1963
<br />it is estimated that above Omaha the project ,.!ill be about. 74 percent
<br />complete and below 0mal1a, about 95 percent complete. Although the 1961
<br />season was about five weeks shorter than 1960, the commercial tonnage
<br />. increased 9 percent over the previous year to 1,575,000 tons. Studies
<br />. of the Decatur Bend Cutoff Here completed and the report was forwarded
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<br />Construction l,rork on one Agricultural Levee Project unit is underuay,
<br />and construction of severa! more units is expected to be started in
<br />Fiscal Years 1963 and 1964. Restudy of the project is progressing.
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<br />At the Kansas Citys work is ul'lderway on the Bridge and Approach Alter-
<br />ations Unit, Central Industrial Unit and on East Bottoms Unit. The
<br />overall project 'Will be 97 percent complete at the end of Fiscal
<br />Year 1963.
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<br />~vorl{ was also initiated in 1962 on removal of the Fort Leavenworth
<br />Bridge. The first work to be done is to replace water supply facilities
<br />for the Prison Farm.
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