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June 27, 2017

$16B water tunnel project in California gets first OK

  • This is the first in a series of federal and state rulings that will determine the fate of the twin 35-mile tunnels.
    • By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SCOTT SMITH
    Associated Press

    SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. wildlife officials gave crucial first approval Monday to California Gov. Jerry Brown's decades-old ambitions to build two massive tunnels that would re-engineer the water system in the nation's most populous state.

    The National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the $16 billion project likely will not endanger more than a dozen federally protected species in the largest fresh-water estuary on the West Coast.


     
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