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Show Thompson Gains Grant from Four Corners The Grand County community com-munity of Thompson has received a grant of $25 thousand from the Four Corners Regional Commission Com-mission to help in the construction and development devel-opment of a new water system, it was announced announc-ed this week. Thompson will receive its grand to supplement a federal highway grant to develop a culinary water wa-ter system for 20 families, fam-ilies, a state weigh station, sta-tion, maintenance shed, and a travel and tourist tour-ist information center and two rest stops. The grant came follow ing a period of indecision regarding the water project. pro-ject. Earlier, when Stale" Highway Department officials of-ficials determined that projected water costs in the area would be prohibitive, pro-hibitive, a portion of the Strong Company contract on an 1-70 project pertaining per-taining to water line installation, in-stallation, was removed. That stipulation has now been replaced, and wink is proceeding on the water wa-ter lines which will eventually ev-entually serve the weigh station and rest areas. |