Facing a funding shortage and continued environmental opposition, the state of California announced it will build one, rather than two, tunnels in a staged approach to its multi-billion WaterFix plan to funnel water from the Sacramento River to southern California.
The change was not a complete surprise. Requests for qualifications for engineering services, that went out Dec. 7 and are due March 2, asked respondents to address how their submittals would be impacted if there were such a staged implementation.