From yours truly, published at Capitol Weekly:
“Fixing the Delta is necessary, say officials, but it won’t be cheap. The costs to build and operate Gov. Brown’s twin-tunnels plan are estimated to cost $24.54 billion over the 50 year term of the project.
Where will the money come from?
Documents provided by the Brown administration from the Bay Delta Conservation Project (BDCP) say water contractors are expected to pay the estimated $17 billion for construction and operation of the new facilities with the $8 billion remainder, mainly to ease the impacts of the huge project on the environment, being split between the state and federal governments. … “
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