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<br />'.' oon 2J <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I' <br />, <br /> <br />REPORT BY TIlE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, REGION 4, <br />TO TIlE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br /> <br />November 21, 1966 <br /> <br />Construction progress at the various Region 4 projects of interest <br /> <br />to this Board has been satisfactory since your September meeting. <br /> <br />At Glen Canyon Dam, work under the completion contract is almost <br /> <br />finished, with only minor construction and cleanup yet to be completed. <br /> <br />Other current construction activity involves installation of the left <br /> <br />diversion tunnel plug and spillway elbow and erection of the Visitor Cen- <br /> <br />ter. Installation of the tunnel plug on which the contractor is working <br /> <br />24 hours a day is about 98 percent complete. The Visitor Center, to <br /> <br />serve both the Bureau of Reclamation and the National Park Service, is <br /> <br />scheduled for completion next spring. We expect that it will be open <br /> <br />to the public some time next summer. A self-guided tour through Glen <br /> <br />Canyon Dam and powerplant will be provided from the new Visitor Center. <br /> <br />Recent work at Blue Mesa Dam has been mostly in the powerhouse. The <br /> <br />completion contractor is concentrating on installation of the turbines <br /> <br />and plans to have the plant operable early in 1967. Approximately 80 <br /> <br />percent of the work has been completed on the switcbyard on the canyon <br /> <br />rim between the powerhouse and U.S. Highway 50. Overall completion of <br /> <br />the contract is about 60 percent. <br /> <br />At Morrow Point Dam, placement of concrete on the dam was suspended <br /> <br />for the winter months on October 28. Over 237,500 cubic yards have been <br /> <br />placed during the past construction season. A total of 280,500 cubic <br />