From San Francisco Business Times:
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission on Thursday kicked-off the first phase of three major construction projects, part of the SFPUC’s $4.6 billion Water System Improvement Program to upgrade and improve the region’s aging water system.
The East Bay pipeline through Fremont and Newark is a $61.4 million project to install a new, seven-mile welded steel water line.
Later this spring, SFPUC will also start a $215.3 million, five-mile tunnel under San Francisco Bay and another $56.3 million project for a nine-mile pipeline on the Peninsula.
The construction projects are projected to create a significant number of jobs, requiring 1.3 million hours of work from various construction crafts.
In particular, Alameda County workers through this work and additional regional projects will exceed more than 5 million crafts hours with the wages and benefits for these workers exceeding $1 billion.
“Hetch Hetchy water is the supporting lifeline for many of our Bay Area cities and local economies,” said SFPUC General Manager Ed Harrington, at the Fremont groundbreaking. “Our critical work rebuilding the water system not only protects that lifeline, but serves to provide work to thousands struggling in these tough economic times.”
The SFPUC began planning for these water infrastructure improvements more than a decade ago and launched the first Water System Improvement Program project in 2003 to repair, replace and seismically retrofit our regional water delivery system. Of the 86 defined projects under the program, 55 are in construction or have been completed.
The East Bay pipeline segment is scheduled to reach substantial completion in summer 2011. The tunnel under the San Francisco Bay will begin construction later this spring and continue into 2015.
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