With a quick approval of its consent calendar on Tuesday, the Tulare County Board of Supervisors moved the first stage of needed repairs of the Friant/ Kern Canal to reality.
The action on the Friant/kern Canal was approved by the board during its meeting on Tuesday. Repairs on a 33-mile stretch of the canal is set to begin early next year. The project will restore a portion of the canal from Avenue 208 between Strathmore and Lindsay to north Kern County. The project will increase the canalâs delivery capacity.
In the boardâs action, it approved a cost recovery agreement with the Friant Water Authority for the county to be reimbursed for its costs on the project. The agreement will enable the county to be reimbursed for costs previously incurred on the project, including costs incurred prior to execution of the Cost Recovery Agreement retroactive to April 1, 2019.