FPUD commits funds for design of Conjunctive Use Project

Infrastructure Engineering Corporation will be providing design services to the Fallbrook Public Utility District for the FPUD portion of the Santa Margarita River Conjunctive Use Project.

FPUD’s 3-1 board vote October 27, with Archie McPhee opposed and Bert Hayden absent, authorized a contract for up to $3,205,140 although the board action only authorized the project phasing, modeling, and preliminary design tasks at a cost not to exceed $896,186 while also authorizing FPUD staff to seek reimbursement using Proposition 50 grant funding already allocated for the project by the state’s Departme...