Valley Link Rail Project

Valley Link Rail Project

The project contains both Phase I and Phase II improvements. The Phase I improvements will be analyzed at a project level of detail based on preliminary engineering and Phase II improvements are analyzed at a programmatic, more conceptual level of detail because only conceptual engineering has been completed at this time. Phase I improvements that are part of the project consists of the following: - Construction of a new connecting platform at the existing Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station - New platforms, parking, pedestrian facilities, and other improvements act new stations at Isabel, Greenville Road, Mountain House/West Tracy, Downtown Tracy, River Islands, and North Lathrop - Rail infrastructure o New Rail alignment within the I-580 freeway median through Dublin, Pleasanton, and Livermore o Restoration of rail in Alameda County Transportation Corridor (formerly the Southern Pacific line) over the Altamont Hills; o Upgrades of existing trick and/or new rail alignments in or along existing rail ROW from west of Tracy to Lathrop. Phase II improvements that are part of the project consists of the following: - New platforms, parking, pedestrians facilities, and other improvements at new infill stations at South Front Street, Grant Line Road and Ellis - Rail infrastructure o Upgrades of existing track and/or new rail alignments in or along existing rail RO from Lathrop to Stockton

Livermore, Stockton, Tracy

Alameda, San Joaquin

Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects, Cal Fire, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Emergency Services, California, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, Central Valley Flood Protection Board, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Water Resources

Central Valley Flood Protection Board, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Water Resources

Transportation:Rail (Passenger)

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Energy, GHG