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California pitches $2 billion tunnel to fix crumbling highway
California’s longest highway tunnel is the Wawona Tunnel in Yosemite. It's a 4,233-foot passage blasted through granite in 1933 and still used today.
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LA tunnel work remains halted after partial collapse
The July 9 breach was linked to high ground pressure, but the investigation into the Clearwater Project incident is ongoing, ...
Letting a Northern California river run free comes at a cost
Scott Dam is located on Eel River, which creates Lake Pillsbury, with a surface area of 2,000 acres and 65 miles of shoreline ...
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Caltrans Plans $2 Billion Tunnel to Save Crumbling Coastal Highway
A roadway connecting Eureka and Crescent City is a lifeline for local residents, but its future is uncertain as rock slides ...
LA County sanitation officials have big plans: recycled drinking water and cleaner oceans
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts is working on multiple major infrastructure projects, all while monitoring the ocean ...
Key player in California’s water wars embraces controversial pact
The State Water Resources Control Board advance a controversial, Newsom-backed agreement in a new proposal, which qualifies ...
Newsom’s plan to give water agencies more leeway in meeting rules moves forward
California is moving toward a new water plan for the Delta. Regulators are supporting a plan backed by Gov. Newsom to allow ...
Looming threat in California Delta could devastate a summer tradition
The Pear Fair became a summer tradition for the Delta. It ran continuously until 2020, when the pandemic forced organizers to ...
Sites Reservoir would be 8th largest in California, providing water to Bay Area, farms, LA
The price tag for Sites Reservoir, proposed to be located in the rural ranchlands of Colusa County 70 miles northwest of ...
Cost to build largest new reservoir in California in 50 years increases by $2 billion to at least $6.2 billion
The price tag for Sites Reservoir, proposed to be located in the rural ranchlands of Colusa County 70 miles northwest of ...