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Project Phases

Concept Design:

The SWA Group produced the award-winning Concept Design Guidelines in 2001. The Design Guidelines document the community vision for the improvements to the river. The Guidelines set the design vision for the river that will be implemented over the first decade of the 21st Century. These guidelines establish the major framework in which future design consultant’s work will be undertaken. Each project reach will be designed with the intent of the guidelines to ensure that the vision’s concepts are being realized in the vocabulary that has been established.

Preliminary Design:

Design teams were hired to further develop the Concept Design Guidelines into more specific design features for each reach of the project. The preliminary design was completed in 2004. During the Preliminary Design phase, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed the General Re-Evaluation Report which defined the Corps involvement in the river improvements project. The Corps was approved to proceed with the Mission Reach Ecosystem Restoration and Recreation Project.

Final Design:

The final design phase was initiated in September 2004 and is currently underway. During this phase, designs are completed and construction documents are prepared to facilitate the construction bid process. Design on the Museum Reach will be completed in September 2006. Design for the Mission Reach will be completed in phases through 2009.

Construction:

Museum Reach

Mission Reach

Bid and Codnstruction Scheule

Action Date

Task

Week of Sept. 25, 2006

Advertise for bids

Week of Nov. 6, 2006

Open construction bids

April 11, 2007

Award construction bid

May 8, 2007

Project Groundbreaking

May 2009

Project Completion

Construction Phasing

Mission Reach Segment 1:
Lone Star to San Pedro Creek: Mid 2007 through Mid 2009
Mission Reach Segment 2:
San Pedro Creek to San Juan Diversion: Mid 2008 through Mid 2010
Mission Reach Segment 3:
San Juan Diversion to Espada Dam: Early 2010 through Mid 2011
Mission Reach Segment 4:
Espada Dam to Mission Espada: Late 2010 through Mid 2012