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SAFECA project update: import-borrow testing, Stone Lock value-engineering and Deep Water Shipping Channel study
Summary
Staff reported progress on multiple levee and flood-protection projects, including import-borrow geotechnical testing to identify levee-fill material, a Stone Lock value-engineering study, a pump-station ribbon-cutting with noted efficiency checks, and a design charette planned for the Deep Water Shipping Channel closure structure; staff also said a FY28 appropriation ask is expected and that geotechnical work will be put on a standalone RFP.
At the April 16 meeting, SAFECA project staff gave a detailed status update on flood-protection projects across West Sacramento, describing geotechnical testing, permitting coordination, and near-term procurements that will shape levee construction and operations.
Ryan (staff) said the agency is moving forward with an import-borrow program intended to identify and certify material suitable for levee fill that could support multiple West Sacramento projects. He said the current site is the primary candidate and that staff will determine if other sites are needed depending on available quantities; the import-borrow amendment discussed at the meeting is being structured as a programmatic contract to support several levee projects.
Ryan noted the recent ribbon-cutting for a new pump station and said staff is completing as-builts, an operations-and-maintenance manual and…
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