BART board member wants to extend service north along I-80 corridor - ContraCostaTimes.com
Will the extension continue onward from the existing Richmond station? Will it instead continue in I-80 from El Cerrito del Norte?
BART's new District 7 director says it's high time to revive an idea that has been kicking around for decades: Bringing BART north along the Interstate 80 corridor -- to San Pablo, Richmond Hilltop and Pinole, and perhaps Hercules and beyond.In west Contra Costa County, BART currently ends well to the west of I-80, in a station in Richmond shared with Amtrak.
How to extend BART farther north had been a matter of debate. One proposed alignment would have run north from the present Richmond BART station along the Union Pacific Railroad corridor on the San Pablo Bay shore.So how might it work?
"There were objections to just about every route, until BART said we'll spend our money elsewhere," Meehan said.
Will the extension continue onward from the existing Richmond station? Will it instead continue in I-80 from El Cerrito del Norte?