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Show Following the 1956 Congressional authorization, work began on the detailed investigations of the project. In 1960, the Project office was moved from Spanish Fork to Provo. The Bonneville Unit Definite Plan Report^ was published in August 1964. It contains the results of many years of comprehensive planning. This report was approved by the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation on November 5, 1965. The project lands were certified on December 28, 1965, by the Secretary of the Interior. The project plan was basically the same as that contained in the 1951 feasibility report, with some modifications. The features of the Bonneville Unit are in various stages of planning and construction. Starvation Reservoir Complex, the relocation of U. S. Highway 40 over Starvation Reservoir, Water Hollow Tunnel, Bottle Hollow Reservoir and Recreation Complex, the Water Hollow and Layout access roads, Stillwater Tunnel outlet portal access road, a portion of Currant Creek access road, and the relocation of U. S. Highway 40 around Strawberry Reservoir have been completed. Currant and Layout Tunnels, Soldier Creek Dam and appurtenant works ( Strawberry Reservoir enlargement), and two sections of the Jordan Aqueduct are presently under construction. All other features of the Bonneville Unit are scheduled for future construction. Authority for the Unit Construction of the Bonneville Unit as part of the Central Utah Project's initial phase was authorized by an act of April 11, 1956 ( 70 Stat. 105). The initial phase was approved as a participating project of the Colorado River Storage Project. Authority to investigate and prepare the associated reports for the Bonneville Unit is provided by the Federal Reclamation Laws ( act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, particularly the Colorado River Storage Project Act, mentioned above). A repayment contract with the Central Utah Water Conservancy District was approved December 28, 1965, and was validated in the Fourth Judicial Court of Utah on February 17, 1966. The first financial allotment for the Bonneville Unit was made by the U. S. Congress on October 28, 1965, and actual construction began on Starvation Dam and Reservoir on March 29, 1967. Establishment of an Operating Agency Early in the planning for the Bonneville Unit, the need was recognized for a conservancy district to be organized to represent the people of the project area. Petitions were signed in seven counties for the creation of the conservancy district. The Central Utah Water Conservancy District ( CUWCD) was established 19 |