Head of Animas-La Plata Construction Panel Replaced After Cost Overruns

DENVER (AP) The chairman of a panel overseeing the Animas-La Plata Project has been replaced after cost overruns raised the estimated price of the water storage facility by nearly 50 percent, to $500 million. Pat Schumacher, a Bureau of Reclamation employee in Durango, was removed as chairman and replaced by Rich Ehat, the project's construction engineer, bureau Commissioner John Keys said Dec. 4. Click for more...

Head of Animas-La Plata Construction Panel Replaced After Cost Overruns