| Show I Funds Urged For Water Unit Unit Jones Hole Road Rep Laurence J Burton Utah R-Utah last week asked the House Appropriations Public Works Subcommittee to in in- in elude clude sufficient funds in the budget to start construction of the Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah Project In addition Rep Burton Durton reo requested quested that f funds be added to the budget for improvements on 44 miles of road in Mor- Mor Morgan Morgan gan County to serve the East Canyon Reservoir and for funds for the access road at Jones Hole Fish Hatchery Hatche y in northeastern Utah 28 miles northeast of Vernal I THE UT UTAHN AHN told the com com- committee committee that 15 million should be added to the budget for lor the Bonneville Unit and should be added for forthe forthe the Morgan road The budget includes for the Jones Hole Fish Hatchery Rep Burton supported this sum I He said that the initiation of construction on the Bonne ville Unit was vital to the entire state of Utah I The project consists of a coordinated group of water and power features which will make use of most of Utah's share of water being made available by the major dams of the Colorado River Storage Project he told the Committee THERE IS in inthe inthe the budget under the advance planning section of the initial phase of the Central Utah Project Rep Burton report ed However the West's wat- wat water water er leaders feel that sufficient progress has been made in all of the planning and con pro areas on the Bonne vine ville Unit to warrant not only the 13 million figure I have mentioned mentioned but the additional 15 million Rep Burton told the Com Com- that the Central Utah Water Conservancy District the Upper Colorado River Commission and water lead ers throughout the West aU all allagree agree that the additional funds are necessary The addition of the funds I is a requirement now because all of the prerequisites to the start of construction will be met well ahead of the end of the fiscal year he said SPECIFICALLY the t h e funds would allow for the for for- formal formal mal beginning of construction tion activities for Starvation Dam and Strawberry Reser Reser- Reservoir voir collection works would provide temporary camps for forthe forthe the construction crews would provide the approval to mitt mitt- ate minor contracts and would provide for the pur- pur purchase purchase chase of way rights in the area he said The confirmed repayment contract will be consummated shortly he told the Con Con- Congressmen gressmen a n d Congress should act now to app tel funds so there will be no lag between the final and the first turning of dirt In discussing the Jones Hole Fish Hatchery Access Road Rep Burton supported the sum in the Presidents President's budget He said the funds would be used to grade grav grav- gravel el and surface an access road to the hatchery site Later he reported the actual hatchery construction will get underway But there is no real way to get to the site now so the construction of a road at this time is a vital al link in the chain of events leading to fish a hatchery |
