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The order of 20 million on a preliminary basis. More flexibility with Priest Reservoir supply and also hydro power benefits which are currently under evaluation. And so the schedule for this project would be essentially to begin our ceqa and nea process immediately. That would take a little over two years. In parallel, we would do our design process and also the rightofway accusations that are needed for the project for staging areas and access and we would expect to issue notice to proceed on construction in the spring of 2020. At that point, the contractor would mobilize and start doing the excavations necessary for the downstream control new portal at priest. They would do that work in isolation from the existing tunnel and then in 2021, which is our first shutdown, which is shown in red on that chart, we would tie that new downstream control facility into the existing tunnel. Now that is a 60day shutdown. If you recall, befo ....
Conveyance capacity benefits, operational flexibility, maintenance, reduction costs excuse me, reduction in maintenance and Operations Costs over the 100year life of the tunnel, expected to be on the order of 20 million on a preliminary basis. More flexibility with Priest Reservoir supply and also hydro power benefits which are currently under evaluation. And so the schedule for this project would be essentially to begin our ceqa and nea process immediately. That would take a little over two years. In parallel, we would do our design process and also the rightofway accusations that are needed for the project for staging areas and access and we would expect to issue notice to proceed on construction in the spring of 2020. At that point, the contractor would mobilize and start doing the excavations necessary for the downstream control new portal at priest. They would do tha ....
Flow rate to be implemented much faster than they are currently. And then lastly the tunnel could be dewatered for entry without draining Priest Reservoir, which has a substantial benefit for both people and fish during critical outages of the tunnel. And so the benefits of downstream control include Water Quality benefits, conveyance capacity benefits, operational flexibility, maintenance, reduction costs excuse me, reduction in maintenance and Operations Costs over the 100year life of the tunnel, expected to be on the order of 20 million on a preliminary basis. More flexibility with Priest Reservoir supply and also hydro power benefits which are currently under evaluation. And so the schedule for this project would be essentially to begin our ceqa and nea pro ....
Oregon will apply for a low interest loan application to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) to help fund the Oregon Waterline Replacement Program that will improve the water distribution system on Seaman, Norden, and Wynn roads. ....