Another meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Wednesday July 9, 2008 at the Judicial Council Conference Center Auditorium, 455 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102.
Key items to be covered at the meeting include the following:
o Consideration of Final Program EIR/EIS and decision on alignment and station locations for Bay Area to Central Valley portion of the HST system.
o Consider Draft Requests for Qualifications for project work in the San Francisco to San Jose (Caltrain) and San Jose to Merced (Pacheco) Corridors of the HST system.
o Authorize entering into a Memorandum of Understanding with San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) and Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) for coordination in preparing technical studies.
o Consider Draft Request for Qualifications for a proposed separate and independent joint-use rail infrastructure project in the Altamont Corridor of the East Bay to ultimately connect to the statewide HST system.
Go here for a more detailed agenda for the meeting.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority is responsible for building and operating a high-speed train system that is integrated with the state's intercity trains and bus networks, covering some 800 miles at speeds up to 220 mph. By linking all major cities with a state-of-the-art new transportation option, California's planned high-speed train system will increase mobility while reducing air pollution and reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.
