In April, the Metropolitan Water District Board cast a historic vote to fund much of the Bay Delta Twin Tunnels project, an investment of about $11 billion dollars. But now, that vote will be repeated to resolve questions about whether the original vote was legal. Newly released texts and emails show how some board members relied on backroom politics to push through a very high stakes project.
Twin Tunnels $11 billion water project up for re-vote after backroom dealing revealed

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