Pajaro-Watsonville Multimodal Station Project

Pajaro-Watsonville Multimodal Station Project

The Pajaro-Watsonville Multimodal Station is designed to be a major transit hub serving Monterey and Santa Cruz County residents, providing access to multiple transportation modes. The station would serve as a key component of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County's larger Monterey County Rail Extension project, which aims to extend passenger rail service from Gilroy to Salinas to provide viable alternative transportation options for commuters, visitors, and residents traveling from Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties to the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. At the start of service, the station would be served by Caltrain, Amtrak Coast Starlight, Monterey-Salinas Transit, and Santa Cruz Metro. The proposed station would be constructed within Union Pacific right-of-way at the Watsonville Junction and would include a passenger rail loading platform; platform shelters, lighting, landscaping, furniture and fixtures, ticket vending machines, and information displays; bus, shuttle, and van loading and unloading berths; bicycle and pedestrian facilities; bicycle and pedestrian access to the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail and Coastal Rail Trail; parking; and a new signalized intersection at Salinas Road and Lewis Road.

Unincorporated; Pajaro

Monterey

Northern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 5, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)

Transportation:Rail (multimodal station)

project approval

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire