Opinion: Delta tunnel would be costly and an ill-conceived response to today’s challenges
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta tunnel plan has nothing to do with ecosystem restoration or environmental justice. It would burden environmental justice communities and increase water bills in the State Water Project service areas. Another massive over-budget state mega-project based on 19th century thinking cannot address current challenges. Persisting in this $16 billion-plus, 20-year construction folly will only further degrade our waterways, ecosystems and communities.
[Opinion column written by Kathy Miller and Chuck Winn, San Joaquin County supervisors.]