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<br />TRA NSPORT.A 'I'ION AND SERVICES
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<br />Transporto.t.ion facilities and freight serdce f1Ie ample for serving
<br />the aren. The Union Pacific Railroad serve:; all or tbe principal towns
<br />and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad serves Fort Morgan,
<br />Brush, "od Sterling, Interstate Higbway 80S exteuds through the
<br />entire length of the sen~ce are., Federal Highways 6 and 34 serve
<br />tbe western and central sectors, a.nd 138 serves tbe eastern sector.
<br />All of these bigh ways are linked together and tie in ,,;th otber Fed-
<br />eral and Slute highways of the surrounding o..reQ. The two larger
<br />towns, Sterling nnd ForL Morgan, have airports, and some of tbe
<br />smaJler communit,ies have airstrips or landing fields. Commercial air-
<br />line services nre available \\ithin a rew bOllrs' Lravel time. Adequo.te
<br />means for communication ure n.vailnblel including telephone, tele-
<br />graphl radio, and televisiou.
<br />Adeqllflt.e fo.cilitie~ o.re available for satisfying the i1ll111ediaf.e elec-
<br />trical energy needs of the area. Private power companies now furnish
<br />electrica.l energy to St.erling and Brush. Fort Morgan and J ulesburg
<br />hfLve municipal systems, and REA systems serve the rural sectors.
<br />Pipelines inst.alled by private companies se.tve all tbe principal to\\11S
<br />with natural gas. In addition, an interstate pipeline system for
<br />gatbering refined products of local plant;; is located in tbe area,
<br />EducA.tionaJ facili(.ies through higb school are tn'fiilable locally.
<br />Institutions of higher learning, especiolly the junior college at Sterling,
<br />Colo., are 0.1<30 favorably located to serve the residents of the area.
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<br />PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS
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<br />AE R. result of severe wat.er shortages and numerOU9 dis8.Strous floods,
<br />t.he. need for i\n adequate irrigation nnd flood control reservoir near
<br />the present site bllS been recognized locally for more than 50 yelU's.
<br />Followi.ng edrly investigations by private interests, the Corps of
<br />Engineers, find the Bureau of ReclnmRtion, t.he N arrows Dam and
<br />Resel'voir wus eventually authorized a~ a UIlit of the comprehensive
<br />Misso"ri River Basin project hy the Flood Control Act;; of 1946 and
<br />1950. Precunst,r\lction ncti.ities were initinteu in 1947, ancl a definite
<br />plan report was prepared by the Bureau of Reclamo..tion in 1951.
<br />Public hearillgs were held in 1951, which indicated considerable oppo-
<br />sition to tbe plen, principally by resident.,:; located in the reservoir
<br />area, As a result of t.he lack of offici.1 support by the State of Colo-
<br />rado, all preliminn.ry fLct.ivities concernillg construction of the dam
<br />and reservoir were terminated.
<br />During the intervening years, many discussions and meetings or
<br />interested gr<JUjlS were beld, a steerinlf committ.ee was orga.nized, and
<br />the CoJorado Water Conservation Hourd ad vRllced funds to the
<br />BlIre[~u or Reclo.mo.tion ror the resumption of studies. Tbe Bureau wa~
<br />specifically requested Lo make n hydrologic study and cost comparison
<br />of un upstream site in Weld Oounty. These studip.s terminated in P.
<br />meeting of the Colorado Water Conser\'lttion Boord in Fort Mor~an
<br />on September 11-12, 1964. At that meeting, the recommended
<br />Nnrfows site was officiaUy approved by the Board os the desired site.
<br />Tbe Board requested that furtber studies of tbe Narrow" Dam and
<br />Reservoir be expedited, However, Public Low 88-442, approved
<br />August 14, 1964, deauthorized ~11 unitB of the Missouri River BllSin
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