PPH - Start Construction - First Quarter 2007

Advocates for the Palomar Pomerado Health district claim that any site other than the ERTC site will cause too much delay. A major complaint against the City of Escondido's proposed Spruce site is that it will take 1 to 2 years to assemble the site and have it ready for construction. The PPH advocates claim this is too much delay.

Oh really?


The PPH Master Facilities plan has a construction schedule for the new hospital on page 1-23. The plan's project schedule for the new hospital has the start of construction set for the first quarter of 2007.

What has changed since the plan was developed to necessitate acceleration of the construction schedule?

Nothing -- except the political agenda of the PPH advocates.

PPH has already wasted "precious" time. The City of Escondido proposed the Spruce site in March. Now it is July, and PPH has finally become available to discuss the Spruce site. PPH owns this delay, not the City of Escondido.