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Committee delays $119.8 million wastewater appropriation amid workforce and environmental questions
Summary
The committee heard a large PUC request for $119.8 million in interim wastewater capital funding for tunnels, treatment plant upgrades and biosolids planning; supervisors sought concrete local‑hiring metrics and NEPA/CEQA status and continued the item for two weeks.
The Committee reviewed a $119.8 million PUC supplemental appropriation request to fund an interim wastewater capital improvement program and planning for biosolids digesters and a Channel Street tunnel. PUC staff said funds would support collection system projects (including a Sunnydale Tunnel estimated at ~$68.5M and a Cesar Chavez replacement ~$14.3M), treatment plant upgrades, odor control projects and planning for a biosolids digester.
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