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Show ponanza Power Plant ahead of schedule vnrker numbers have almost peaked l the Peseret Generation and Emission Cooperatives' Bonanza ef riant project. During June the .. averaged 847 employees. Top Civnient is exported to reach the ,rk said Ken Fisher, manager of u-t ( PT- iv main 600-foot chimney has out about four months early and truction is ahead of schedule at the iive 400 megawatt coal-fired yiirty W miles southeast of Vernal. s;ne.and-one-half-miles of new has been opened for traffic fl the Wash oil field to the jvij access road. Another section of to the Green River bridge is -filled to open soon. The new Green t bridge near the Horseshoe Bend eahas been finished and is expected I a cured in another week ready for Vintah County Commissioners said iji la. Young Construction Co. has working on the road into the White jtfr Shale Oil Corp. tract at Duck c.vi instead of finishing the section of from Davis to the Green River vj-fge. This section of road will stably hold up the final opening of ertire road from Vernal to f W. Cl.vde Construction is working on the section of road from Bonanza J hint access road to within three miles of Bonanza. White River Shale expects to have their road finished by early fall and the Bonanza road should be finished within a month. The new road will greatly improve the driving conditions and time it takes to commute from Vernal to the Bonanza plant site and also to the oil shale tracts U-a and U-b being developed by White River Shale Corp. The new road will also be a great asset in building the White River Dam and in developing the Paraho-Ute oil shale tract still in line for Synthetic Fuel Corp. federal funds. A 150 unit RV park and 30 spaces for mobile homes is being built south of Davis at the beginning of the new Bonanza road by Evergreen Investments. Milt Green said his complex is scheduled to be finished by Aug. 15. It is 70 percent complete now. DG&T has reserved 70 of the RV parking spaces for their workers. White River Shale has constructed a worker camp at Duck Rock to accommodate 49 RV units. L.A. Young Construction and its subsidiary, Lays Rock Products, workers are using the Duck Rock Village facility while working on the road, stated Corey Grua of White River Shale. 1 ' i i i i v. rrT""f -' it-5"" vTTT! frSrrTP ' i j ..j-Vi-,: rj-'ff-Vi j i - - - - " """""" ' - BONANZA POWER PLANT structure. The 6CX)-foot chimney was topped out several weeks ago. Iron workers are now concen- I :rr7 rrrr - - v.- I i : i " : v 1 ,- - -3 r,..i - - - - - i' . SECURITY IS TIGHT at the Bonanza Power !ant site. Guards remain on duty at all times tting in only authorized personnel at the two ? Action WORKERS check-point en- ) .. ,he Bonanza Power Plant site. J Coop.' et.. Generation and Transmission wra'ive has fenced in about 2.0CX) acres for entrances. This is the personnel check point station. the plant site and security forces check on wildlife movements as well as the fence for damage or breaks. i trating their efforts in framing in the main plant structure. I i THE UINTAH COUNTY road divides to four lanes at the entrance of the Bonanza Power Plant. DG&T has constructed a three mile pav ed roadway with two entrances to their power plant facility shown in the distance. rt x p t v .. s.. . . I .. - - - - -V!,-iv ...... ; . " - - ' - ' '- . - . - v. - . i. ' . . . V & - . . v .-" " - L ' , . yy ' ' - ' . ' ' - - X" .. . . . ,-. N.. ' . . , .... ? ., 1 v' .U9,.,----.. .... . . U :" oH.,x ' ' ' HORSESHOE BEND area Green River bridge is nearly ready for traffic from the new road constructed con-structed from Vernal to near Bonanza within three miles of the Bonanza Power Plant. This new artery will reduce the wear and tear on workers traveling to the energy activities in the Bonanza area. |