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~ 000719 . . 11.'" " f3 . BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, Region 4 Report to COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD CONSTRUCTION Curecanti Unit, CRSP Bids will be taken December 5, 1968, for completion of Morrow Point Pow- erplant and construction of the switchyard to serve the Morrow Point facilities. This contract will also include construction of the Morrow Point entrance and visitor building; erection of about 2 miles of 13.8-kv., single-pole transmission line from Curecanti Substation to Morrow Point Switchyard; and installation of equipment at the Curecanti Substation for energizing the Cure cant i-Midway transmission line at 230 kilovolts. Transmission Division, CRSP The high voltage transmission lines of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Public Service Company of Colorado were interconnected at the Rifle Sub- station on October 15, 1968. The Rifle Substation consists of several large 230-kv. circuit breakers that permit both Reclamation's Cure cant i- Hayden line and the Company's line from Leadville to Cameo in western Colorado to be operated as if they were parts of a single system. This intertie was made in accordance with a 1962 contract which specified that such interties will be made on a shared-expense basis. Construction work has been finished on the access roads needed for main- taining the Curecanti-Rifle segment of the Curecanti-Hayden transmission line. The contractor at Midway substation has accomplished over 90 per- cent of its work and expects to full;y' complete the Bureau portion of the substation before the year's end. An intertie with PSC will also be made at Midway. Paonia Pro,ject Bids have been solicited for rehabilitating three reaches of Colorado Highway No. 133 along Paonia Reservoir. The rehabilitation includes re- alining approximatel;y' one-half mile of road and providing a wide ditch section; constructing a concrete retaining wall between the highway and the spillway at the dam, and resloping areas along the right side of the spillway; unwatering the spillway stilling basin and general cleanup work. The Colorado Department of Highways will place bituminous surfacing on the rehabilitated segments of roadway at the conclusion of the Bureau's work.