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Committee forwards PUC requests: extend HDR contract, adopt CEQA findings and release reserve funds for Peninsula Pipeline upgrade
Summary
The committee received a PUC update on the Water System Improvement Program and approved staff recommendations: extend HDR Engineering construction management agreement (increase by $1.5M), forward CEQA findings for the Peninsula Pipeline seismic upgrade to the full Board, and conditionally release ~$10.2M in reserved funds pending full‑board EIR approval.
PUC officials updated the Budget & Finance Committee on the Water System Improvement Program and sought multiple actions related to Peninsula projects.
The PUC Water System director said the program is approximately 80% complete against an approved budget of about $4.6 billion, with roughly $2.7 billion in active construction and 16 projects in progress. Officials highlighted major transmission projects — including the Bay Tunnel and the…
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