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Whenever tms report is maae public, there will be particular interest in our area in the locations of dams and reservoirs proposed to be built, because such projects inevitably put under water many acres of private land.
The $490,000 which Mr. Eisenhower has requested to^ continue this protracted “review” of the Potomac is just one it«n in the $9 million whirls the Army Engineers want for “general investigations” leading to construction for which money will be asked in future years.
For general construction by the Engineers,, the fiscal year 1960 bpflgef calls for $660 million, an increase of $57 million over the amount appropriated for the current fiscal year, and. an increase of $2J0 million over the amount voted for the past fiscal year. Approximately 69 per cent >f the requested appropriation woild be applied to 38 major project;. Among the smaller ones is a channel-w.denin't job in Norfolk Harbor. lis:ed fm* $3.7 million. Examples of bigge' allotments are $43.5 million for reservoir in South Dakota and 33.5 million for a lock and dam in the State of Washington.
In many cases, of course, the work stretches over several years, so the amounts shown in the budget represent only a part of the cost, It will take an estimated $8.7 billion to finish all the authorized construction projects of the Army Engineers. There is another agency of the Federal Government engaged in planning and building dans and reservoirs..the Bureau of Reclamation.
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