ARIZONA The Salt River Project announced plans to proceed with development of two natural-gas powerplants in Pinal County and maintain an option to build a third near Eloy. The planned powerplants will be constructed on the “Abel” site, adjacent to the Abel substation in northwest Florence, and the “Pinal Central” site, adjacent to the Pinal Central substation site south of Coolidge. SRP will continue to pursue a project near Eloy at the corner of Arizona Rte. 87 and Hanna Rd., but doesn’t need the power immediately. The Abel site, which is estimated to cost $739 million, will be an 850-MW peaking powerplant that only runs in the summer when energy demand is highest. The cost for the 1,150-MW Pinal Central facility, which is a more complex combined-cycle plant, is expected to cost more. Pending approval from the Arizona Corporation Commission, the Abel plant is expected to be operational by 2012 and Pinal Central between 2014 and 2022. Salt River Project, 1521 N. Project Dr., Tempe 85072-2025. DR #08-848756.

NEW JERSEY The new $95-million Monroe Township High School is being built by Seacoast Builders Corp. for the Monroe Township Board of Education. Located on 35 acres of the Thompson Park site, the three-story, 370,000-sq-ft state-of-the-art high school will house 2,000 students and is scheduled to open in September 2010. Seacost Builders Corp., 566 Halls Mill Rd., Freehold 07728-8811. DR #01-760065.