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Show Details with respect to the foregoing, identified as to storage unit, participating project, advance planning activity or transmission division are shown respectively on schedules No. 1, 2, and 3 attached. Highlights of certain of the major construction and advance planning activities are set forth in the following paragraphs: Glen Canyon Storage Unit At June 30, 1958, work on the $108 million prime contract for construction of the dam was on schedule with 17 percent of the work completed in 17 percent of the contract time. The access highways to the dam site were completed. Construction of the steel arch highway bridge spanning the canyon of the Colorado and connecting the new highways was on schedule. The bridge is expected to be in use ahead of the contract completion date of February 1959. Excavation of the two diversion tunnels was completed and the concrete lining work was started. Diversion of the Colorado River is planned by the contractor for low water in February 1959. In the town of Page, Arizona, temporary facilities were provided by contractors to serve a work force of approximately 1,500 employees in June 1958. A trailer camp, dormitories, mess halls, and a temporary shopping center are located in the contractors' portion of the town. Work on permanent features for the town continues with construction of houses, streets, water and sewer systems, laboratory, warehouses, municipal building, and other structures. Flaming Gorge Storage Unit The contract for the construction of the dam was awarded on June 18, 1958, to Arch Dam Constructors (Morrison-Knudsen, Peter Kiewit, and the Coker Construction Co., Omaha, Nebr.) for $29,602,497. The contractor has begun work on housing for construction workers, on an access road from Dutch John to the dam site, and on excavation of the diversion tunnel. By June 30. 1958, construction of an access road from Linwood, Utah, to Dutch John had been completed with the exception of the blacktop surfacing. Construction of streets, utilities, and residences at Dutch John, located 2 miles from the dam site, was nearing completion. Navajo Storage Unit The contract for the construction of Navajo Dam was awarded on June 26, 1958, to a combination of construction firms made up of 64 |