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Oro Valley utility pauses select capital spending as project costs, funding details are finalized
Summary
Utility staff told the Water Commission the Nakoma Sky/La Posada well and other multi‑year capital projects are nearly ready but some spending is on hold while guaranteed maximum prices (GMPs) and financing are finalized; staff cited an $18 million aggregate of WIFA/WIPA and private loan funds and a $4 million pipe pre‑purchase to lock prices.
Oro Valley utility staff told commissioners on Wednesday that several long‑running capital improvement projects are near completion but that the utility is pausing some planned spending while contract prices and funding sources are finalized.
At a presentation on capital projects, a utility presenter summarized progress on a string of multi‑year efforts — including equipment plans for the Nakoma Sky/La Posada well, reservoir coatings, a two‑zone booster project and a transmission main — saying most civil and mechanical work is in place and that operations now await final control programming and funding confirmation. The presenter said the two‑zone booster project was about 98% complete and that…
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