Allott-Dominick colloquy indicates it will take 21 years to finish Fryingpan Project at current rate of work

ALLOTT_!>OMINICI< COLLOQUY INDICA'l'ES IT WILL TAKE 21 r""':KYINGPhN PROJEC~ AT

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, , '31:>minick stated, in reply to a query hy Allott.

orig~lly slated for completion in

Each year of delay, Dominick estimated, costs

Because of the shru.:ply escalating costs on the

~ an 5_ntervicw this past wca1c,· he had nbout

de-in the.1970 budget for the

was cut back by the Nixon Administration to

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miilion, a reduction of 47 per cent on •1

this one' project,." Al

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moving fo.rt.·rard at the present

indicated.

, ... In tha current fiscal year of 1969, the Bureau of Reclam.-.

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' ;,,: ation could have used $23. 5 million for construction of '·,

but only $12.3 million was appropriatoa..·~This

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that could h~vc been effectively used~ )~

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increased field and office ovcrhead,~and additional in~ l

on tho dam and collection

lo s of revenue from sale water and _

of cd valorem tax revenue.

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recreation, benefits.

in construction (as well as

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ov~r·thc original estimate. tieanwhilc, only

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of even at'the prcoent time,"

4-5% per year to the costs of

land costs

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Allott is a member of the Senate Public works

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Subcommittee, so his aid '1ill be vitally

as possible to bolster the case for mo~c

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