The bottom line is that, at the notice to proceed, the contractors could not price the risk. What we're seeing is the crystallization of risk: they should have cost 19.5bn, and we've already spent 26bn and we're just over halfway done.
Bobby Levinski, an attorney with Save our Springs Alliance, emphasized the environmental risks posed by excavation in the recharge zone of the Edwards Aquifer, warning that the construction plan would jeopardize precious ecosystems and endangered species.