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Senator Hoeven announces roughly $300 million in upfront savings for North Dakota water projects
Summary
At a regional briefing, Senator Hoeven and water leaders said recent legislation and reuse of existing federal infrastructure will cut upfront construction costs by about $300 million across the Red River Valley flood diversion and the Eastern North Dakota alternate water supply (NDOS), and that NDOS will save about $4 million a year in operating costs.
Senator Hoeven announced that North Dakota will realize roughly $300,000,000 in upfront construction savings across two linked water projects — the Metro Flood Diversion (Red River Valley flood protection) and the Eastern North Dakota alternate water supply (NDOS) — because of recent federal funding and reuse of existing federal infrastructure.
"We're gonna save North Dakota taxpayers over $300,000,000," Senator Hoeven said at the briefing, presenting charts showing the combined savings. He attributed roughly $100–$120 million in savings to the diversion project and about $200 million to the NDOS plan that uses the McCluskey Canal rather than building a new long…
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