by lpetrich
California High Speed Rail - the latest news:
San Jose to Merced Project Section: Environmental Documents - California High Speed Rail - the Final Environmental Impact Statement
I started with Executive Summary for the Final EIR/EIS - PDF Document
They considered four alternatives, each with a selection of possible alignments in the four corridor segments (number is which alternative):
They decided on the fourth one. That option is much like what they are planning for San Francisco - San Jose -- high-speed trains coexisting with electrified Caltrains -- but extended to Gilroy.
San Jose to Merced Project Section: Environmental Documents - California High Speed Rail - the Final Environmental Impact Statement
I started with Executive Summary for the Final EIR/EIS - PDF Document
They considered four alternatives, each with a selection of possible alignments in the four corridor segments (number is which alternative):
- Rod Diridon Sta. - Alma Ave.
- Viaduct to Scott Blvd. -- 1
- Viaduct to I-800 -- 2, 3
- Blended, At-Grade -- 4
- Alma Ave. - (Monterey Ave.) - Bernal Wy.
- Viaduct -- 1, 3
- At-Grade -- 2
- Blended, At-Grade -- 4
- Bernal Wy. - (Morgan Hill, Gilroy) - Casa de Fruta
- Embankment to downtown Gilroy -- 2
- Viaduct to downtown Gilroy -- 1
- Viaduct to East Gilroy -- 3
- Blended, At-Grade -- 4
- Casa de Fruta - (Pacheco Pass - tunnel) - I-5
- I-5 - (San Joaquin Valley - Henry Miller Rd.) - Carlucci Rd. (Central Valley Wye)
They decided on the fourth one. That option is much like what they are planning for San Francisco - San Jose -- high-speed trains coexisting with electrified Caltrains -- but extended to Gilroy.