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Show Pinnacle Peak 345-kilovolt line, the Shiprock-Cortez-Curecanti 230-kilovolt line, and the Curecanti-Hayden 230-kilovolt line. Preconstruction activities are underway on various other transmission lines and interconnection facilities in accordance with the agreements reached with the private utilities and preference customers. Central Utah Participating Project, Vernal Unit, Utah Work on the Steinaker service canal was nearly complete with progress to date estimated at 96 percent. Construction of the Ashley Valley water system is 98 percent complete at June 30, 1962. The earthfill Steinaker Dam, the Fort Thornburgh diversion dam, and the Steinaker feeder canal were all substantially completed in fiscal year 1961. Irrigation water and municipal water supply will be available from the project works beginning with the 1963 irrigation season. Emery County Participating Project, Utah Funds were appropriated in fiscal year 1962 to initiate construction activities. Activity during the fiscal year was directed mainly to designs and surveys of project features and the construction of temporary storage facilities. Construction of Joes Valley Dam and Reservoir, the project's main storage facility, is scheduled to begin in fiscal year 1963. Construction of the other major features, including Huntington North Dam and Reservoir, the Swasey diversion dam, about 20 miles of new canals, 10 miles of lining in existing canals, and nearly 25 miles of drains, will follow. Florida Participating Project, Colorado Lemon Dam and Reservoir, the major feature of the Florida project, is now under construction, and progress to date is estimated at 40 percent. A contract for construction of irrigation facilities to be operated in conjunction with the Lemon Dam and Reservoir was awarded in March 1962. These facilities, when completed, will include the Florida Farmers diversion dam on the Florida River which will divert water for irrigation into the existing Florida Farmers Ditch and Florida Canal, both of which will be enlarged and relocated under the contract. 89 |