Dept of Interior Construct Prog 1958

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY For Release MARCH 12, 1958

INFORMATION SERl

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SECRETARY SEATON ANNOUNCES ACCELERATED DEPART~!ENT CONSTRUCTION PROGR»! Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton today listed 95 projects in 30 States and Alaska which will be accelerated from currently appropriated funds

under the program made public by President Eisenhower March 8 in a letter to Senator William F. Kno'.rland and Representative Joseph W. ¥.artin.

The additional work to be undertaken will entan:the expenditure of

$25,067,408, Secretary Seaton said. This eJtount is in addition to $70,823,000 in supplemental appropriations for the reclamatioL program.

The projects on which work will be accelerated or initiated, using funds released from budgetary reserves on instructions by the President, are widely scattered throughout the United States and Alaska.

They include construction of school facilities and roads by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; buildings, utilities, roads, trails, and parkways by the National Park Service; laboratory facilities by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries; fish hatcheries and improvements on wildlife refuges by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife; and public works in Alaska by the Office of Territories.

A State by State list of the 95 projects and their estimated cost is attached,

XXX

P.N. 32808

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aJreau and Project Amount Alaska

Fish and Wildlife Service:

Glen Allen Wildlife Refuge •• .•••••••••• ••••

$

30,000

Office of Territories:

Various Public Works Projects ••••••••• •••••

1,500,000

National Park Service:

Park Road Improvements. . .. . . .. . . 40o,OOO Arizona

Bureau of Indian Affairs:

Fort Apache to

u

.

s

.

60 Road ••••••• ••••• •••• Granada-Chinle Road, Navajo •••••• •••••••••• Kayenta North Road, Navajo ••••••• ••••• ..••• Laguna Creek Bridge, Navajo •••••••••••••••• Black Mountain Wash Bridge ••••••••••• ••••••

California Fish and Wildlife Service:

450,000

175 ,

000

100,000

250 ,

000

55 ,

000

Sacramento Wildlife Refuge... .. ...

5,100

National Park Service:

Tioga Road, Yosemite National Park ••••••••••

2 ,

196 ,

300

Grading, Bituminous Surfacing and Bridges

Mountain Road

Pauma Road

National Park Service: Colorado

Entrance Road, Mesa Verde National Park •••• Georgia

Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge ••••••••••••••••• Idaho

Ft. Hall, Michaud Unit, Irrigation ••••••••• Illinois

29,000

24,000

570 ,

000 228,500

300,000

Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge •••••• •••••••••

1,485

,

034

Iowa

(3)

Bureau

and

Pro

ject

Amount

Kansas

F

i

sh

and Wildl

i

fe

Service

:

Cedar

Bluff

Fish

Hatchery

••

••••••

•

• •••

$

~1aine

National

Park

Service:

Anemone

Cave

Road,

Grade

and Su

r

face

,

Acadia National Park ...• . ....•..

Massachusetts

Fish

and

Wildlife Service:

Wood

s Hole

Fishery

Biolo

gy Station •

••••

• ••

• M

i

nn

esota

Fish

and

Wildl

i

fe Service

:

Mud

Lake

Wildlife

Refuge

• •••••

••••

•

• ••

•

• •••

Upper

Mississippi

Wildli

f

e Refuge

••••••••••

Bureau of

Indian Affairs:

Sawyer

-

Big Lake

Road

.

....

.

• ..••...

Sugar Point Road . . . .. . . .. .... .... . .

M

ississippi

Fish

and

Wildlife

Service:

Noxube

e

Wildlife

Refuge

•••••

• ••••••••••

•

• N

ational Park Service:

• N

atchez Trace Parkway

Base

Course

,

8 .

4

mi.

in

Lee Count

y

•••••••

7 Structures, Clay County

•••••

•

• ••••

••

•

• Right-of

-

way

Stabilization

Walks

,

Utilities

,

and

Minor

Structures

•••

• ••

•

• Comfort Station, Utilities

and Walk

s •

••••

Grade

and

Base

Course

, Oakley

Road

-Regantown Road, 14 mi • ...... •. •.• .

Bureau

of

Indian

Affairs:

Pearl

River

Choctaw

Reser

v

ation ••

••••

••

•••

• Con

ehatta

School, Chocta

w

Reservatio

n

••••

•

• Missouri

Fish

and

Wildl

i

fe

Service

:

Sw

an Lake

W

ildlife

Refuge

•••••

•

• ••••

•.•

••

• Montana

Fish and Wildlife Service:

Fort Peck

Wildlif

e

Refuge

• ••••

•••••

•

2

122 ,

900

75 ,

000

304 ,

278

1 7,

300

25 ,

100

25 ,

000

6

9 ,

000

25 ,

000

2

4

7 ,

200

411 ,

500

133 .

700

16 ,

300 1,602

,

300

38 ,

000

152 ,

000 63,600

7 ,

200

(4)

-Bureau

and Project

Montana

(cont.)

Bur

eau

of

Indian Affairs:

Crow Meter Wops . .••••...••••••• . •••••• ••••

N

o

rth

e

rn

Cheyenne

No

.

8 Road •

••••••••••••••

Nebraska

Fish and Wildlife Service

:

DeSota

-

Berthrand

Bend

W

il

dlif

e

Refuge

• •••••

Nati

onal

Park Service:

Resurfacing Road

,

Scotts Bluff

•••••••

• •••••

National

Monument

Nevada

Fish

and

Wildlife Service:

Stillwater

Wildlife

Refuge

• •••

•

• ••••••

•••

••

Bureau of Indian Affairs:

Owyhee

-Mou

.

ntain

City Road

••••••••••••••••••

New

M

exico

Bureau of I

n

dian

Affairs:

Canoncito

School

,

Unit

e

d

Pueblos •••••

••

••••

Toadland Lookout Tow

er

,

Navajo

• ••••••

••••

••

Quarters

,

Wind

ow

Ro

ck

Agency,

Navajo

••••••

• Tapacitos

W

ash

Sout

h

Road

••••

•

• •••

•••••

••••

Mescalero Ag

ency

Streets

••••••••••••

•••

••••

Taos Entrance Road . ..... . . . .. .

3 Amount

15 ,

000

42 ,

000

200 ,

000 '57

,000

25,100

600,000

299 ,

000

11 ,

000 10,000

180,

000

60,000

4

5 ,000

(5)

Bureau and

Proje

ct

_Amount

North Caro

lin

a

National Park

Serv

ic

e

:

Reconstruct Nel

· Ifound Gap Highl·Iay

Rt

.

lB,

Netif

o

und

-

Gap to Kephart

Great

Smoky

!·

ltns

.

National

Park

(Portion)

,

Prong

.

$298

,

200 Blue

Rid

ge

Parlmay

:

Roads

,

\</alks

, and

Employee

Residenc

e

,

Gillespie Gap .. ... . . . . ... . .

$

49,100

Roads,

llalks,

Utilities, and Employee

Residence,

Linville

. • • •

•

• • • • • • •

. • •

• • . • . •

•

• • • .

.

• $

.2~,

900 Guardrail

&:

1/

alls, Signs,

and

Erosion

Control, Various

Locations

•.•.•••••.••••

.

.•.•..

$

4 5J

500 Roads,

\

lalks,

Picnic

Tables

,

and

Drinki

n

g

Foun

t

ains,

Ashe~ille

••

••••••••

• •.••.

$

25 ,

600 Visitor

Center

,

Amphitheater

,

and

Parking

Area

,

Doughton Park

.•

•

• ••

• •••.•

••

•

• •••

$103

,

900 North Dakota

Burea

u

of Indian A

ff

airs:

• Sta

ndin

g Rock

Agency

Schoo

l

•

• ••••

.••

•••••

•••.•••

East-~/est

Road

, Ft.

Totten

.

.••.••••

••

.

••

•••••.••

Nishu North Road . . . ... . . .. . . .

Old ahoma

Bureau of Indian

Affairs:

~

503,000

2 1,

000

34 ,

000 Se

quo

yah Stoke

rs,

Five

Civ

iliz

ed

Tribes

..••...•..

I

Gracemont

Bridge

,

Ki01·1a

...•.••

_ •

• • • • • . . • • . . • •

. . . •

·.

Gracemont

Road

Surfacing

•..•.•

• .•..•••••.

.

.•.•••.

Clear

Boggy

Creek Road

.••.•.•..•.•.•••.•.

• ••••••

•

Starr Killer Road . . . ... . . ... . . . .

22 ,

000

4

5 ,

000

34 ,

000 26,000

20 ,

000 Pennsylvania

National

Park Ser

vic

e

:

Gettysbur

g

National !Ul1tary Park

•.•

• •••••

••

•••.•

$528

,

800 South

Dakota

National

Park Service:

Cedar Pass-Pinnacles Road,

4 mi

.,

Badlands

Nationa

l

1·1onument

• ••••

•••••••••...•••••.

Bur~au

of Indian Affairs:

Oglala

Do

rmitory

,

Pine

R~-dge

.•.••••••••..••••

• •••

Flandreau Shop ... ... . . . .. ... ..•. . . ... .. . .

4 :

p

940,000

$476

,

000

(6)

"

I

Bureau

and

Pr

oject

Sout

h

Dalco

t

a (Cont

'

d

)

Iron

Lightnin~

Ro

ad

,

Chey

en

n

e River

•••

• •••.•••.

• .

Old Agency Road, Sisseton . . . ... . . . . ..

Kyle

South

Roa

d

,

P

ine

Ridge

.•••••.••.••.••••....•

Kro

c

er Corner

Road,

Pine

Rid

ge

••••••

•

• .

•.••.•..•.

Cedar Crcelc Road~ Pierre . . . .. ... . . . Red Scaffold Bridge . . . . . . . . . ; . . . · .. ... .

Pierre Agency Streets . . . . . .. . . . ... ... ... ... .

St

.

Francis

-

Rosa

li

nd

Road

••••••.••.

• ...•••

.

•...

Tennes

s

ee

Na

t

iona

l

Park

Se

r

v

i

c

e

Na

tc

nez Trace

Pa~m1ay,

T

e

nn

essee

L

i

t

tle

Buffa

l

o River Bridge

• •••••

•

• ••

•••

•••••

Little

Buffa

l

o

River

Bridg

e

• •••

• .

.

•.

• ••••.

l~inor

Roads

and Trails

,

Sig

ns,

l~arkers,

a

n

d

Erosion

Co

n

trol

,

Me

t

a

l

Ford Are

a,

L

i

ttle

Swan

A

r

ea

,

and V

ari

o

u

s Lo

c

at

ions .••.

••

.•

T

exas

Fish and

\o/

ildli

f

e

Service

:

A.mount

*

34 ,

000 :r

3o

,

ooo

~·no,ooo

~

50 ,

000 t

'

60,000

2

4 ,

000

2

5 ,

000

.p

2

5 ,

000 $

2

74 ,

500 $

57

2 ,

000 $

4

9 ,

500 Bu

ff

a

l

o

Lakes \11ldlife

Re

fu

g

e •

•••••

.•.•.•..••.•..

$

38 ,

100 Nat

io

nal Park Se

r

v

ic

e

:

R

io

Grand

e

Roa

d,

Grad

e

and Surface

,

and

Tunnel,

B

i

g

Bend

Na

tion

al Park

...

• ••••...

• .

$7

4

5 ,

000 U

tah

Bureau

o

f

Indian

Affairs

:

San

Juan

Bridge

,

Navaho

. .

• • •

• .

.

• .

.

. .

• • . . . . • . . • . .

$200

,

000

National Park Service .... . . . . ... :--:-: - - -

-V

i

sitor

Center

,

Bryce

Canyon N

at

l

.

Park

.

•

• ••.•••

$293

,

400 V

i

r

g

inia

Fis

h

and

l

· lil

dlife

Service

:

Paint Bank Fi sh Hatchery . ... .. . . . .... ... .

Nationa

l

Park Service

:

Shenandoah

Na

tional

Park

:

Surfacing

10 N

i

les

, Crescen

t

Rock

-Boo tens Gap .. . . .... . . . ... ... .

Grad

e

Sapa

ra

t

ion

,

Tho

rnt

on

Gap

.•••••••.•.

•••

•.

• B

l

ue R

idge Pa

rkway

l

N

,

C

omplete

Gradin

g

,

a

nd

8 structures

••••••••

•

5 $15

1,

380

~226,8oo

:p75

8 ,

700 $

1 ,

365 ,

00

0

(7)

Bureau and Pl'O,jcct ./\mount

Vircinia (Cont 'd)

r.unor Roads and Trails Improvements 1

Ut il:j. t y Sys tcms , Etc . . . . . . • • • • . . . • . • • . . . •

$

1501000

George ';fashington J.'lemorial Parl(l·tay. • • • . • • • . • • . • . $ 900,000

~·!ashington

Fish and \•!ildlife Service:

NcNary 1·/ildlife Refuge. • • . . . • • • . . . . . . . . • . . :~ 35,000

~Iational Park Service:

Nisqually Entrance Road, l~ount Rainier

National Park

- - - _Marmot . I'o.i~ to Barn Flat .• ._._._~ .••• . •..•.. •. ~~6781 000

East s~de H~gh~tay .• ....•.•.•..•.•. ...••••.. . . ~·550 I 000

Silver Creek Road . .•••••.•...•..•....• ....••.. $1381000

i1est Virginia

Bowden Springs Fish Hatchery ...•.•••. •.•••... $5651000

His cons in

Bureau of Indi an Affairs:

Anderson Road ..• •••.•... ... •. •.. . . . • • . . . •

$

321000

\"lyoming National Parle Service:

Gibbon River Bridges (3), Yellowstone

National Park . . . • ... . ... ... • . . . $5751000

-~"---~~=

I"Jind River Road. . . . • . • • • • . • . . . . . . • . . • • . • . . • • . . . .

$

90, 000