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PUC report: WSIP makes construction progress but flags multimillion-dollar overruns
Summary
PUC staff told commissioners the Water System Improvement Program moved multiple projects forward and reached construction milestones—including 4,700+ feet excavated on the Bay Tunnel—while reporting a $12 million forecasted overrun against July 2011 approvals and noting challenges at Irvington Tunnel and Bay Division Pipeline segment 5.
At the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission meeting on March 25, Julie Labonte delivered the WSIP quarterly update covering activity from Oct. 2 through Dec. 24. Labonte said two projects moved from design into bid and award (regional habitat restoration and the Sutro reservoir projects), 21 projects are active in construction, and 53 of 81 projects are complete.
Labonte and staff reported a forecasted program cost overrun of $12,000,000 compared with the July 2011 approved program; that figure…
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