Show Two Tunnels on Strawberry Aqueduct Receive Low Bid of Nearly 11 Million Bids were opened Thursday of last week for the construction of two more tunnels on the Strawberry Str Aqueduct In Inthe inthe inthe the Uintah Basin The S. S A. A Healy Company Company Com pany of McCook Illinois was the apparent apparent ap ap- parent low bidder at 10 BIDS FROM 10 contractors were opened open ed cd at the Duchesne Elementary School auditorium stated A A. A S. S D' D DAlessandro Alessandro construction engineer at the Bureau of Reclamation Field Office in Duchesne The bids ids ranged from a high of to the low of with a second low bid of from Lockheed Lock heed Shipbuilding and Construction Company Company Com pany of Seattle Washington TH THE E BID DID Includes the construction of the mile long Currant Tunnel extending extending ex tending fro in Currant Creek to Layout Creek and the mile long Layout Tunnel Tun Ton nel net extending from Layout Creek to Water Wa Wa- ter tel Hollow A diversion dam and feeder feeder feeder feed feed- er er canal are arc also Included on Layout Creek and Water Hollow to divert water from the streams to Strawberry Aqueduct Aque duct Access roads will also be built ff 1 A e ia 4 r a aI I I u r I t sS u US U.S. ARMY MEDALS A humber of distinguished service medals have been awarded to Robert L. L Ufford who was killed in Vietnam in February They include the Silver Star Bronze Star with First Oak Leaf Cluster Air Medal Purple Heart Good Conduct Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal with one bronze Service Star Vietnam Campaign Medal Combat Infantryman B Badge dge Expert Badge with rifle bar and the Marksman Badge with automatic rifle bar into the construction areas Each of the tunnels are to be concrete con crete lined and will have a finished diameter diameter dia dia- meter of 10 30 feet 4 Inches The capacity will be second STRAWBERRY AQUEDUCT Is a major major ma jor feature of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project that was planned plan ned and is being built buill by the Bureau of Reclamation The mile long aqueduct aqueduct aque duct will divert water from several streams on the south flank of the Uinta Mountains to the enlarged Strawberry Reservoir for use along the Wasatch Front Water Hollow Tunnel has been drilled and is now being concrete lined A contract con conS tract has been awarded for the relocation reloca tion lion of Highway 40 and bids have been opened for the construction of Soldier Creek Dam which will enlarge Strawberry Straw berry Reservoir THE SPONSORING agency for the project is the Central Utah Water Conservancy Conservancy Con Con- District which represented the county 12 area of the Central Utah Pro |