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SFPUC hears WESIP quarterly update as staff flags schedule delays and hiring shortfalls
Summary
At a quarterly briefing, SFPUC program directors reported WESIP is about 4% complete and identified multi-month delays on key projects, staff vacancies slowing environmental review, and a proposed prequalification program for contractors to improve delivery. Commissioners asked for clearer schedule reconciliations and a November follow-up.
Julie Labonte, the Water Enterprise Capital Improvement Program (WESIP) director, told the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission at its quarterly briefing that the program is approximately 4% complete and moving from planning into design for most regional projects. Labonte said three items are producing significant negative variances: a pipeline repair and readiness improvement program that will be delayed 15 months because the scope was expanded to add three pipeline rolling facilities; SCADA Phase II, delayed six months to allow development of operation-prioritization criteria; and the Crystal Springs Bypass Tunnel, which faces a 13-month delay after the city planning department determined an EIR…
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