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<DIV><SPAN class=121224318-13042004>Y</SPAN>esterday<SPAN
class=121224318-13042004>,</SPAN> bid<SPAN class=121224318-13042004>s were
opened for <SPAN class=480074320-13042004>rebuilding </SPAN>Poker Bar and
Bucktail Bridges.</SPAN> <SPAN class=121224318-13042004> There were
multiple</SPAN> bids, all within <SPAN class=480074320-13042004>the
</SPAN>acceptable range of the engineer's estimate<SPAN
class=136194020-13042004> . </SPAN><SPAN
class=136194020-13042004> </SPAN></DIV>
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<P>As soon as <SPAN class=121224318-13042004>Bureau </SPAN>Contracting has
evaluated the bid<SPAN class=121224318-13042004> </SPAN>packages and verified
the low bid<SPAN class=121224318-13042004>,</SPAN> more<SPAN
class=121224318-13042004> </SPAN>information<SPAN
class=136194020-13042004> can be </SPAN>provide<SPAN
class=136194020-13042004>d to </SPAN>you. </P>
<P>This is a<SPAN class=136194020-13042004> very positive
development. </SPAN><SPAN class=121224318-13042004> </SPAN> <SPAN
class=121224318-13042004>At this point, all four bridges now are slated for
reconstruction/rebuilding. That's highly important for public (human)
safety, dam safety, and to allow for higher volume returns of Trinity River's
water to it.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>Byron Leydecker</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>Chairman, Friends of Trinity
River</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>Consultant, California Trout,
Inc,</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>PO Box 2327</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>Mill Valley, CA 94942-2327</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>415 383 4810 ph</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>415 519 4810 cell</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#808080>415 383 9562 fx</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><A href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net"><FONT
color=#0000ff>bwl3@comcast.net</FONT></A></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><A href="mailto:bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org"><FONT
color=#0000ff>bleydecker@stanfordalumni.org</FONT></A><FONT color=#0000ff>
(secondary)</FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><A href="http://www.fotr.org/"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://www.fotr.org</FONT></A></EM></DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://www.caltrout.org/"><EM>http://www.caltrout.org</EM></A></DIV>
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