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Aug 22, 2019 <br /> <br /> <br />1 Diversion Inlet Structure Construction <br />Dewatering of the site is complete. Ames is planning to start excavating the site to grade and partially <br />removing the preload areas after Labor Day. The current construction completion date is June 2023. <br />Anticipated schedule: <br /> 2019: Dewatering, test pile program, complete channel excavation. <br /> 2020: Foundations/site work. <br /> 2021: Concrete piers/abutments. Control building. <br /> 2022: Install bridge deck, gates, and operating machinery. <br /> 2023: Paint gates, seed. <br /> 2024: Turf established. <br /> <br />2 Wild Rice River Structure Construction <br />The Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued on 22 July 2019. Proposals are due 5 September. Contract <br />award is anticipated in November 2019. Required construction completion is October 2023. Structure <br />includes 2-40 ft. wide tainter gates. <br /> <br />3 Red River Structure Design <br />Construction of the physical model (1:40 scale) continues at USACE ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics <br />Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS and should be complete by 18 October (see reverse). Completion of <br />testing is scheduled to be NLT June 2020 and final reports due August 2020. The 35% plans and specs <br />are due February 2020; the overall design schedule is dependent on physical model results and <br />continues to be developed. <br /> <br />4 Southern Embankment – Plan B Design <br />Detailed design, incorporating the Plan B alignment, is ongoing. Geotechnical borings have <br />commenced and will continue as additional access is secured by the Diversion Authority. <br />Construction of the Western Tieback is scheduled for late FY2020. <br /> <br />5 Cultural Resources Mitigation – Diversion Channel Sites <br />Completing further investigations of two archaeological sites along the Diversion Channel this summer. <br />Field work under Task Order 1 is complete. Of the 53 acres to investigate, only 5 acres remain to clear <br />under the pending Task Order 2; field work is anticipated to restart week of 26 August. <br />6 Natural Resource Agency Meeting – 17 September 2019 <br />Quarterly meeting to be held with our natural resource agency partners. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />