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Reclamation announces contract repayment negotiations for the Friant-Kern Canal Upper and Lower Reach Capacity Correction Project

Media Contact: Julie Prayter, 916-978-5100, jprayter@usbr.gov
For Release: Dec 4, 2024

FRESNO, Calif. – The Bureau of Reclamation today announces a public negotiation session with the Friant Water Authority for a repayment contract for costs of extraordinary operation and maintenance work on the Friant-Kern Canal Upper and Lower Reach Capacity Correction Project.

The Upper and Lower Reach Project will restore a total of 23-miles of conveyance canal in areas located to the north and south of the Middle Reach Capacity Project, which was completed in June 2024 and restored a critical 10-mile stretch of canal that had lost over half of its original capacity due to subsidence. 

The following negotiation session will be held at 1243 N Street in Fresno:

  • December 17, 9:30 a.m.

 

For more information contact Rain Emerson at 559-262-0350 (TTY 800-877-8339) or remerson@usbr.gov.

The public is welcome to attend and will have the opportunity to provide comments regarding these contracting actions; participation instructions and the proposed contracts will be available at each session.

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