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[Sloan]

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[KevinKorell]

San Jose, CA Mercury News, 10/17/16:

New light-rail line to Eastridge in plans

 

Construction will begin next year on extending light rail from the Alum Rock station to Eastridge.

 

http://www.mercuryne...ridge-in-plans/

[KevinKorell]

CBS SF Bay Area, 5/2/19:

 

 

San Jose Eastridge VTA Light Rail Extension Still Being Discussed Decades Later

 

 

A long-awaited Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail extension from Alum Rock to Eastridge is under discussion at an agency board meeting in San Jose Thursday night.

 

 

The full story is here.

[KevinKorell]

San Jose, CA Spotlight, 6/6/19:

 

 

After decades, VTA light rail extension to Eastridge moves forward

 

 

 

The Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors on Thursday voted unanimously to approve new plans for a light rail extension to San Jose’s Eastridge Transit Center — giving what should be the go-ahead on an almost 20-year-old project.

 

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[KevinKorell]

KTVU-TV, Fox-2 in San Francisco, CA, 4/24/23:

 

 

    East San Jose will get new VTA light rail connection to BART  

 

 

A new light rail is coming to East San Jose thanks to a $46 million grant from the state. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority and local officials made the announcement today at VTA’s Eastridge Transit Center, which is a part of the rail extension.

 

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[KevinKorell]

San Jose, CA Spotlight, 2/26/24:

 

 

   East San Jose light rail extension faces critical vote    

 

 

A critical light rail extension project more than two decades in the making is set to begin major construction by April, if transit leaders give it a final OK.

 

Here is that story.

[KevinKorell]

Trains magazine, 3/11/24:

 

 

   Santa Clara VTA awards contract for light rail extension  

 

 

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority has awarded a contract for construction of a 2.4-mile extension of its light rail system in East San Jose, despite a contract more than one-third higher than the agency’s original estimate.

 

 

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