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With environmental review complete, what's next for the Delta tunnel plan?
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Dec 23, 2016
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With environmental review complete, what's next for the Delta tunnel plan?
State officials say they hope to begin construction on the massive water re-routing plan as early as 2018, but some significant hurdles remain.
FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2016, file photo, water flows through an irrigation canal to crops near Lemoore, Calif. The California Supreme Court is set to issue a ruling Thursday, July 21, 2016, that could add millions of dollars to the governor's $15.7 billion plan to build two giant water tunnels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
In this Feb. 25, 2016 photo, water flows through an irrigation canal to crops near Lemoore, Calif.
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State officials say they hope to begin construction on the massive water re-routing plan as early as 2018, but some significant hurdles remain.

Governor Jerry Brown's controversial Delta tunnel plan reached an important milestone yesterday.

After more than a decade of planning and debate, a 97-thousand-page final environmental impact report for the project was released on Thursday.

State officials say they hope to begin construction on the massive water re-routing plan as early as 2018, but some significant hurdles remain.

Jeffrey Mount, a senior fellow with the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California's Water Policy Center, joined Take Two to explain.

To listen to the full interview, click on the blue media player above.