Blog: The Great Pyramids of Tunnel Muck
From the Alex Breitler Environment Blog:
“An engineer in San Joaquin County Public Works whipped up these Google illustrations to help people visualize just how much tunnel ‘muck’ and other material would be unearthed during Gov. Jerry Brown’s twin tunnels project. …
“In fairness, the state recently announced changes to the project that could reduce the amount of excavated material. Plus, far from being abandoned in enormous piles towering over Delta farmland, proponents say tunnel muck could be put to beneficial uses like strengthening levees and restoring habitat.
“The illustrations do reinforce, however, just how massive the Bay Delta Conservation Plan is.”
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