"Southern California's biggest water agency voted Tuesday to shoulder most of the cost of replumbing the troubled center of the state's vast waterworks, committing nearly $11 billion to the construction of two massive water tunnels.
The approval pushes ahead a controversial infrastructure project that has dominated discussions of how to halt the steep ecological decline of the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta — a decline that has threatened water deliveries to the state's most populous region.
A top priority of Gov. Jerry Brown's administration, the tunnels project has been in the planning stages for more than a decade.
The MWD vote does not assure that it will be built. The project has yet to obtain key permits and faces years of legal challenges by opponents who consider it a costly diversion from more-sustainable water development projects such as recycling and storm water capture."
Bettina Boxall reports for the Los Angeles Times April 10, 2018.
SEE ALSO:
"Southern California water agency backs 2 Delta tunnels in breakthrough vote" (Sacramento Bee)
"Water Agency Approves $11B For California Twin Tunnels Plan" (AP)
S. Calif. Water Agency Votes To Fund Construction Of Two Delta Tunnels
Source: LA Times, 04/11/2018
