THIS JUST IN … Trump Administration does not support the Delta tunnels project, reports the AP

From the Associated Press via the San Jose Mercury News:

“The Trump administration said Wednesday that it will not support a massive water project proposed by California, the latest and most serious blow for Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to re-engineer the state’s water system by building two giant water tunnels.

“The Trump Administration did not fund the project and chose to not move forward with it,” Russell Newell, deputy communications director for the U.S. Interior Department, said in an email.  Asked if that meant the Trump administration did not support California’s tunnels project, Newell said yes. … ”

Click here to read the article at the San Jose Mercury News: Trump opposes Delta tunnels project

 

 

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