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Board adopts resolution of necessity for Irvington Tunnel easements after hearing
Summary
Following a public hearing, the Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution of necessity allowing the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to pursue eminent-domain authority to acquire temporary construction easements and a small permanent subsurface easement in Alameda County for the New Irvington Tunnel project.
The Board of Supervisors, sitting as a committee of the whole, adopted a resolution of necessity enabling the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to proceed with eminent-domain authority if voluntary agreements cannot be reached for property rights needed to construct the New Irvington Tunnel as part of the Water System Improvement Program.
Julie Labonte, director of the Water System Improvement Program (Julie Labonte, director of the Water System Improvement Program), told the board the Irvington Tunnel is a critical seismic- and reliability-related project that will run roughly 3.5 miles between portals near Mission San Jose (Fremont) and the Sunol Valley in Alameda County. Labonte said the existing tunnel, built in the 1920s, lacks redundancy and carries a large share of the system’s supply; the new tunnel…
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