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Show Near half of CU project completed during 1968 Nearly half of the Central Utah Projects's $20 million Starvation Complex was completed com-pleted during 1968, according to Lynn S. Ludlow, general manager of the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, sponsor of the project. By the year's end, Mr. Ludlow said, the complex of dams and tunnels and other work near the eastern Utah town of Duchesne Du-chesne will be approximately 70 per cent complete. About 42 per cent of the construction progress was made this year. The work is being done by private contractors under the supervision of the U.S. Bureau Bur-eau of Reclamation. The complex includes the Starvation Dam, which is now about 78 per cent finished, the Starvation Tunnel and Knight Diversion Dam, both of which were completed this year, and the relocation of U.S. Highway 40 in the Duchesne area, which is now about two-thirds finished. fin-ished. In addition to the Starvation Complex progress, Mr. Ludlow said, the work has started on the Water Hollow Tunnel of the Strawberry Complex to the west. The 4.1-mile tunnel will divert water into the Strawberry Straw-berry Reservoir. It is about 15 per cent complete and drilling will continue through the winter win-ter while much of the outside work on both complexes will be delayed until spring because of the weather. The Water Hollow Tunnel is being drilled by a mechanical "mole" similar to one used on the Starvation Tunnell earlier this year. Water stored by the Starvation Star-vation Complex will be used to supplement the presently inadequate in-adequate irrigation supplies in the Duchesne River area, and to replace some water now used in that area that will he diverted di-verted via the Strawberry Aqueduct to the Bonneville Basin. Ba-sin. Benefits will also be provided pro-vided at the reservoir near Duchesne Du-chesne for outdoor recreation, fish and wildlife conservation, and flood control. The Strawberry Complex consists of features required to collect flows of several tributaries tribu-taries to the Duchesne River and convey the water to the Strawberry Reservoir, which will be enlarged. |