Monday, August 24, 2020

CALIFORNIA'S OTHER MASSIVE MONEY PIT STILL READY TO SUCK UP BILLIONS

by Bob Walsh

The California Delta Tunnel Project, now called the Delta Conveyance Project in an effort to distance itself from it's own history, is still semi-alive and flopping around like a fish.

The old plan, favored by Jerry Brown, would have built two massive tunnels to transport NorCal water to the SoCal so people in LA can have green lawns and golf courses even though they live in what is technically a desert.  

Governor Gavin ashcanned that project when it became too big, too expensive and too stupid.  He is now semi-pushing a single, smaller tunnel plan that would still steal massive amounts of water from NorCal and funnel it to the voters in L A.  It would still cost $16 million, if the proposal comes in on time and on budget, which it has zero chance of actually doing.  The old project was said to cost about $22 billion, so figure $30 billion, if you are lucky.

Maybe he is hoping to sneak it in under the radar while the state is still on fire and trying to build the High Speed Train between North Buttcrack and South Buttcrack in the central valley.

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