Posted Jun 17, 2024, 4:28 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: The Bay
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About time! Now that this is finally underway, let's focus on getting that Second Transbay Tube and Geary Subway built!
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Construction begins on BART’s extension to the South Bay
Project is expected to take more than 12 years to complete
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By KRISTIN J. BENDER | Bay Area News Group, Oakland Tribune, Mercury News
PUBLISHED: June 14, 2024 at 4:42 p.m. | UPDATED: June 17, 2024 at 4:18 a.m.
Thirty years in the making and stalled by escalating costs and repeated delays, construction on BART’s extension to Silicon Valley finally started Friday.
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When the line opens in 2037, officials said riders on the BART system will save an average of 30 minutes for a 50-mile commute compared to driving. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is designing and building the South Bay extension. BART will operate and maintain the line. Construction on the extension started on Brokaw Road in Santa Clara — which runs between the Caltrain station and San Jose International Airport — and officials said businesses in the area should expect dust and disruptions.
Local officials have secured $15 million to help mitigate some of the construction disruptions, said Cindy Chavez, a Santa Clara County supervisor and chair of the VTA board. The budget will provide marketing, signs and technical assistance to help businesses during major construction. There is also a grant program to provide some impacted businesses up to $10,000 per year. Chavez said the BART project will create 75,000 jobs, most of them union jobs with good pay and benefits.
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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/0...the-south-bay/
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