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  2. Delta Conveyance Project - Wikipedia

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    Delta Conveyance Project, formerly known as California Water Fix and Eco Restore or the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, is a $20 billion [1] plan proposed by Governor Jerry Brown and the California Department of Water Resources to build a 36 foot (11 m) diameter tunnel to carry fresh water from the Sacramento River southward under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Bethany Reservoir for use by ...

  3. Tom Lantos Tunnels - Wikipedia

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    They are officially named after late Congressman Tom Lantos, who was instrumental in securing funding for the project, but de facto named after their location. The Devil's Slide tunnels , as they are usually called, are the second and third longest road tunnels in California at 4,149 ft (1,265 m) northbound, and 4,008 ft (1,222 m) southbound.

  4. After decades of failure, California dusts off controversial ...

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    A Delta water-delivery project — one tunnel or two — has been touted by Jerry Brown and Newsom’s teams as a way of correcting a fundamental problem with California’s delivery system that ...

  5. Posey and Webster Street Tubes - Wikipedia

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    The Posey Tube, completed and opened to traffic on October 27, 1928, was named after George Posey, [23] who was the Alameda County Surveyor during the tunnel's planning and construction, and also chief engineer on the construction project. [24] [25] It is the first tunnel for road traffic built using the immersed tube technique.

  6. California approves Delta tunnel project, pitting water ... - AOL

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    The last time California finalized an environmental impact report for a similar Delta project was in 2016. That plan, which constituted a pair of tunnels, stumbled amid high costs and Newsom ...

  7. California’s final report on disputed Delta tunnel project ...

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    The last time California finalized an environmental impact report for it was in 2016. That project, which constituted a pair of tunnels, stumbled amid high costs and Newsom eventually withdrew ...

  8. Caldecott Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    The east–west tunnel is signed as a part of California State Route 24 and connects Oakland to central Contra Costa County.It is named after Thomas E. Caldecott (1878–1951), who was mayor of Berkeley in 1930–1932, a member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in 1933–1945, and president of Joint Highway District 13, which built the first two bores.

  9. California water agency votes to spend $141 million on Delta ...

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    The board of California’s largest urban water supplier voted on Tuesday to spend $141.6 million for a large share of the preliminary planning work on the state’s proposed water tunnel in the ...