The effort to build the 87.8-MW Kakono power plant secured $300 million in funding, paving the way for its engineering, procurement and construction phase to begin.
In early December 2021, the Denver International Airport made headlines across the U.S. after a hot water pipe broke a month before a major terminal expansion project was expected to complete.
A shortage of skilled labor and material price escalation are felt in the agency's $92-billion program that includes civil works and military construction, and is "the largest we’ve ever seen,” a top official told a Senate committee.
The project will increase storage capacity of the Folsom Lake Reservoir by 43,000 acre-ft, providing additional flood protection for the greater Sacramento area.