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.~ n ~ - .L '-' ~~. State Water Project During the past two fiscal years, the con- struction program for the State \Vater Project has advanced rapidly. The department has re- ported the earlier portion of this program in . "Progress Report, State \Vater Project, 1961." By June 1962, the major relocations necessary for construction of Oroville Dam were close to completion, construction of thc first of two diversion tunnels had started, and. the contract for the dam itself was advertised. The waters scheduled to rise in Oroville Reservoir made necessary the relocation of a section of the Western Pacific Railroad. A $4,818,000 grading contract for the realign- ment of 1+.7 miles of railroad between Oro- ville and the \ Vest Branch Bridge was com- pleted in April 1962. One month earlier, at a cost of $9,877,000, crews completed the bridge itself-a double-deck Warren Truss type built under service agreemcnt with the Division of Highways. The track runs along the lower deck 60 feet below the highway. \Vith completion of the grading, the railroad company began to lay 22.9 miles of track re- quired for the relocation. This work began in April 1962, and was nearing completion by midyear. Three railroad tunnels were drilled through the mountains. The first, completed in No- vember 1961, cost $2,142,000. The second and third, completed two months earlier, cost $6,67 1,000. These tunnels would extend four miles when placed end to end with two others, also necessary to the relocation, which were completed in December 1960. In addition to the railroad, a length of u.s. Highway 40A had to be moved. Prior to July 8 1960, the Division of Highways, through in- teragency agreements with the departmenr, completed a relocated section between Jatbo Gap and "Vicks Corner. Construction of the portion between Wicks Corner and Oroville began . in November 1961;. completion is scheduled for July 1963. The relocated road will be 20.1 miles in length. Construction for the Oroville Dam was initiated in August 1961 when blasting began on Diversion Tunnel No.1, a facility ex- , . pected. to cost about $6,880,000. The con- crete-lined tunnel, 35 feet in diameter, is the first of two such tunnels which later will serve as part of the tailrace system for the power- planr. Frazier-Davis Construction COl1]pany of St. Louis, Missouri, is building the tunnel. State Water Project Diversion Tunnel No.2 and Thermalito Diversion Dam were advertised as a part of the Oroville Dam embankmenr contract in April 1962; construction was scheduled to be- gin in August 1962. In June 1962, the $452,000 conrract for the access road to the left abutmenr of the dam was awarded; construction is well underway. Oroville Reservoir will supply water to the upper end of the Palermo Canal, a feature of the Oroville-Wyandottelrrigation District, through the Palermo outlet works. The $724,- 000 contract for these works was awarded in November 1961. The works were about half completed by midyear. The Feather River Fish Hatchery interim facilities, which will substitute for spawning