From The Pueblo Chieftain (Chris Woodka):
“It will allow us to finish the preliminary work to get to the final design by January 2013. Then we can move into land acquisition and construction,” Jim Broderick, executive director of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, said Thursday…
The conduit received $5 million in funding this year, and funding for $3 million is included in President Barack Obama’s budget for next year. The Southeastern district is trying to convince members of Congress to add an additional $5 million in the 2010-11 fiscal year. The district is working with the Bureau of Reclamation to “fast-track” the project, allowing the environmental review and conceptual design to move ahead on parallel tracks. Meanwhile, the district is wrapping up its $1 million project to develop baseline engineering data for the conduit, said consultant Kevin Meador.