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Fremont hopes to turn tracks into trail
Union Pacific Railroad Feasibility Study released to residents of city
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Issue date: 10/26/06 Section: News
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"About 14 or 15 people showed up," said Rene Dalton of the Fremont Transportation and Operations Department.
In a telephone interview on Friday, Oct. 20, Mr. Dalton said the meeting was a first exposure of the feasibility study to the public. "We're still in the study phase," said Dalton.
The feasibility study is being conducted by the City of Fremont to appraise the possibility of converting portions of abandoned railroad corridor into a Class 1 bicycle and pedestrian trail.
The study will focus on a nine-mile stretch of area between Clark Drive in the Niles area and south of Warren Avenue to the Fremont/Milpitas City limits.
The feasibility study will also focus on ways to apply for funding from the state, federal, and regional departments. "Once the study is completed, it will be reported to the City Council with the findings," Dalton said.
According to some reports, the trail could be a good prospect for a citywide trails network providing various transit and recreational facilities to residents of Fremont and visitors to the community.
The city's design team will present a project overview and describe existing conditions of the railroad corridor. They will also describe opportunities and constraints along different parts of the trail corridor, in-cluding identifying possible trail alignments and it's relative location to downtown, employment centers, schools, shopping centers, parks, and major residential communities. The presentation will also detail the preliminary goals of the project.
The public will be able to express their concerns about noise, privacy, crime, and other issues.
Another public meeting will be scheduled for sometime in January or February 2007.
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