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GET VALLEY LINKED!

The Tri-Valley – San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority is undertaking
preliminary engineering and environmental review for the Valley Link Rail
Project.  The Proposed Project would establish a new passenger rail service
along a 26-mile corridor linking the existing Dublin/Pleasanton Bay Area Rapid
Transit (BART) Station in Alameda County and the Mountain House community in San
Joaquin County with all-day service at frequent intervals in both directions
using zero-emission rail vehicles. 



The alignment would be constructed within a combination of an existing freeway
median (along I-580), an existing transportation corridor owned by Alameda
County, and new right-of-way in San Joaquin County, terminating at the Mountain
House community. The Proposed Project includes four new stations, an Operations
and Maintenance Facility (OMF), and an Operations Support Site.



CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) SCOPING TO BEGIN FALL / WINTER 2022 

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The Tri-Valley – San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority (Authority) as Lead
Agency is preparing a Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the
proposed Valley Link Rail Project, consistent with requirements under the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). As further described below, the
purpose of the Subsequent EIR is to analyze the potential environmental effects
associated with revisions to the previously analyzed improvements included in
the Valley Link Rail Project Final EIR approved by the Authority in 2021. As
such, the Authority has published a Notice of Preparation (NOP) for the Project.
View the NOP here. 



The Authority will hold two virtual public scoping meetings to provide an
informal opportunity for attendees to receive information and ask questions
about the Proposed Project. The meetings will be held on:

 * Monday, December 5, 2022, from 6:30-8:00 PM

 * Tuesday, December 6, 2022, from 11:30 AM-1:00 PM 

 

Click here for more information on how to join the meetings.



The public scoping period for this project will be open from November 14 until
December 19, 2022. Click here to learn more about how to submit scoping
comments.



BACKGROUND

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On May 12, 2021, the Authority Board approved a staff-recommended CEQA Certified
Alternative, as published in the Valley Link Rail Project Final Environmental
Impact Report (EIR). The CEQA Certified Alternative included an initial
operating segment (IOS) that would establish initial service from the
Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station to the Mountain House Alternative shown in the
map below.



The Mountain House Station Alternative IOS is the basis of the Proposed Project
to be evaluated in the present Subsequent EIR.

Subsequent to the approval of the Final EIR in 2021, the Authority has advanced
design and analysis of the Mountain House Station Alternative IOS from the
existing Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station to include a new alignment that responds
to requests by the community of Mountain House for a Valley Link station that
better serves their community. This new alignment would reduce construction
cost, improve travel time through a straightened alignment, enable improved
station access, and facilitate the advancement of transit-oriented development.

 

The proposed changes to the 2021 CEQA Certified Alternative IOS, now
constituting the Proposed Project, include locating the Dublin/Pleasanton
Station platform to the south side of I-580 (rather than in the freeway median),
realignment of the trackway in the Altamont Pass, a new Mountain House Community
Station and Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF), and construction of an
Operations Support Site in Tracy. The Mountain Community House Station would be
constructed north of I-205 on a site west of Mountain House Parkway near the
I-205/Mountain House Parkway interchange. The new OMF would be constructed on a
site east of Mountain House Parkway and north of I-205.

 

The Proposed Project will be further refined and analyzed through the
preliminary engineering and environmental analysis process, and does not
preclude the possibility of extending service along an alignment to serve a
potential future Downtown Tracy Station.





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