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<br />,bLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT <br /> <br />N <br />.... <br />Ul <br />N <br /> <br />FLAMING GORGE STORAGE UNIT, UTAH <br /> <br />Work on the $33.6 million prime contract for construction of the <br />502-foot high concrete dam and 108,000-kilowatt powerplant on the <br />Green River in Utah is running behind schedule at June 30, 1961. <br />Work completed at June 30, 1961, was estimated at 47 percent in 60 <br />percent of the overall time allowed by the contract. Excavation for <br />the dam and powerplant foundation and keyways was. completed and <br />placement of concrete in both structures was initiated in October 1960. <br />The first phase of clearing the reservoir site was completed during <br />the spring and. progress is well ahead of schedule on the final phases <br />of clearing. Various items of fixed equipment such as generators, <br />turbines, cranes, and embedded metalwork for penstocks and outlet <br />pipes were in the process of manufacture and fabrication at the close <br />of the fiscal year. <br /> <br />GLEN CANYON STORAGE UNIT, ARIZONA <br /> <br />At June 30, 1961, construction of the nO-foot high concrete arch <br />dam and the 900,OOO-kilowatt powerplant continued bebind schedule. <br />Physical completion of the prime contract to date is estimated at 52 <br />percent while time elapsed for overall completion is 60 percent. Con- <br />crete lining of both spillway tunnels is underway and to date approxi- <br />mately 1.5 million cubic yards of concrete have been placed in the <br />dam and powerplant. Fabrication of the penstocks and river outlet <br />pipes was completed and their installation in the dam and powerplant <br />structure is underway. <br />Various items of fixed equipment for installation in the dam and <br />powerplant such as radial gates and gate hoists, outlet gate valves, <br />cranes and turbines were in the process of manufacture and fabrica- <br />tion. Contract was awarded in fiscal year 1961 for $8 million for <br />furnisbing and installing eight generators in the powerplant. <br /> <br />NAVAJO STORAGE UNIT, NEW MEXICO <br /> <br />Progress by the prime contractor for construction of the 405-foot <br />high earth and rock fill dam on the San Juan River in tbe northwestern <br />part of New Mexico continues well ahead of schedule with physical <br />completion estimated at 83 percent within 63 percent of the overall <br />time allowed by the contract; To date, approximately 20 million <br />cubic yards of fill material have been .placed in the dam. <br />Reservoir clearing operations were in progress in several locations <br />in the reservoir area in both Colorado and New Mexico. Relocation <br />of Colorado State Highway 151 and 172, the D. & R. G. W. narrow- <br />gage railroad, and sections of Archuleta County roads was nearly <br />completed at fiscal year end. <br /> <br />TRANSMISSION DIVISION <br /> <br />Activities. of the transmission division during fiscal year 19&1 con- <br />sisted primarily of preconstruction work such as completion of field <br />surveys, right-of-way acquisition, and preparation of designs and <br />specifications for the Flaming Gorge to Oak Creek, and Glen Canyon <br />to Curecanti transmission lines. <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />':". <br /> <br />