BRIEF: Granite wins $22M contract for canal work

Posted on: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:19:00 EST


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Nov 04, 2009 (The Arizona Daily Star - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
GVA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Granite Construction Co. has been awarded a $22 million contract by the Gila River Indian Community to build the final phase of the new 8.5-mile Santan Canal, located approximately 40 miles southeast of Phoenix.

The Santan Canal is part of the tribe's master plan to deliver 173,000 acre-feet of water to farmlands within the community, Granite said. Through the Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project, the community's ultimate proposal is to build a water delivery system that will potentially include 2,400 miles of canal and pipeline.

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