Lub Chaw Haujlwm Hauv Zos tau txhawb nqa cov phiaj xwm

Txoj Haujlwm: Stockton Pob Zeb Diamond Qib Sib cais

Tus Txhawb Nqa: San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC)

Project Status: Raws li lub Xya Hli 28, 2022, Lub Tuam Txhab thiab SJRRC tau ua tiav cov txheej txheem NEPA rau Stockton Pob Zeb Diamond Qib Separation Project (Project), thiab qhov kawg EA thiab FONSI muaj nyob rau ntawm Stockton Diamond lub vev xaib ntawm qhov txuas hauv qab no. Tom qab kaw 30-hnub lub sijhawm tawm tswv yim rau pej xeem rau Draft EA thaum lub Plaub Hlis 27, 2022, Lub Tuam Txhab thiab SJRRC txuas ntxiv cov txheej txheem NEPA thiab tshuaj xyuas cov lus, muab cov lus teb, thiab npaj qhov kawg EA. Thov xa mus rau SJRRC qhov project lub vev xaib kom ua tiav cov ntaub ntawv Project thiab cov ntaub ntawv, suav nrog cov xwm txheej tam sim no ntawm txhua theem Project.

Lub Vev Xaib: https://stocktondiamond.com/resources/

Qhov project piav qhia:
San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission (SJRRC) npaj tsim lub Stockton Pob Zeb Diamond Grade Separation Project (Project), ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm cov neeg caij tsheb thiab kev thauj mus los uas yuav tsim kom muaj kev sib cais ntawm qib kev hla ntawm BNSF Railway (BNSF) thiab Union Pacific Railroad (UP) freight rail kab ntawm qhov kev sib tshuam Stockton Diamond rail uas twb muaj lawm. SJRRC yog lub koom haum ua thawj coj nyob rau hauv California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) thiab koom tes ua tus thawj coj raws li National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) yog tsoom fwv teb chaws chaw ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv NEPA Assignment Program.

Thaum Lub Yim Hli 19, 2020, SJRRC tau tshaj tawm cov txheej txheem tshuaj xyuas ib puag ncig rau Stockton Pob Zeb Diamond Qib Separation Project (Project) nrog Daim Ntawv Ceeb Toom Txog Kev Npaj (NOP) rau Daim Ntawv Qhia Txog Ib puag ncig (EIR). Thaum NOP tau tshaj tawm, cov ntaub ntawv ib puag ncig tau nthuav tawm rau cov neeg muaj feem thiab cov pej xeem raws li daim ntawv sib koom ua ke CEQA / NEPA. SJRRC, raws li CEQA Cov Thawj Coj Ua Haujlwm hauv kev koom tes nrog Lub Tuam Txhab raws li NEPA Tus Thawj Coj Thawj Coj, raws li txoj haujlwm los ntawm FRA, yog los npaj EIR/Environmental Assessment (EA). Raws li kev txiav txim siab txog nyiaj txiag hnub kawg, daim ntawv CEQA/NEPA tau muab faib, thiab SJRRC tau npaj ib qho EIR rau Txoj Haujlwm, uas tau txais los ntawm SJRRC Pawg Thawj Coj thaum Lub Rau Hli 4, 2021. SJRRC thiab Lub Tuam Txhab tom qab ntawd tau sib koom ua ib daim Draft EA thiab Final EA rau Qhov Project ua raws li NEPA. SJRRC yog tus txhawb nqa qhov project thiab koom tes ua tus thawj coj hauv NEPA.

Qhov project yog nyob rau sab qab teb ntawm Downtown Stockton ze South Aurora Street thiab East Scotts Avenue hauv nroog Stockton hauv San Joaquin County, California. Thaj chaw ntawm kev cuam tshuam yog ciam teb los ntawm Robert J. Cabral Chaw nres tsheb mus rau sab qaum teb; UP Stockton Yard mus rau sab qab teb, nyob ze ntawm East Fourth Street; Sab Qab Teb Pilgrim Street mus rau sab hnub tuaj; thiab South Grant Street mus rau sab hnub poob (Saib daim duab 1 hauv qab).

Txoj Haujlwm yuav tsim kom muaj kev sib cais ntawm BNSF thiab UP txoj kab tsheb ciav hlau los ntawm kev nce UP mainline lem hla BNSF mainline lem kom txo tau txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau thiab tso cai rau cov neeg caij tsheb thiab cov tsheb thauj khoom thauj mus los tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam los ntawm kev hla. Tam sim no, BNSF Stockton Subdivision thiab UP Fresno Subdivision muaj ob lub ntsiab lus ntawm txhua qhov, thiab lawv sib tshuam ntawm ib theem, ntawm qib hla lub npe hu ua Stockton Diamond. Txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau no yog txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau loj tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv lub xeev California. Txoj kev hla ntawm qib kawm tau muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev thiab ncua kev pabcuam rau cov neeg caij tsheb thiab kev thauj khoom thoob plaws hauv Central Valley - thiab rau kev thauj khoom hauv lub tebchaws dav dav. Tam sim no, kev teeb tsa ntawm qib ntawm cov kev taug kev ua rau muaj kev ncua sij hawm tseem ceeb rau cov neeg caij tsheb thiab cov tsheb ciav hlau thauj khoom hauv cheeb tsam, suav nrog cov chaw nres nkoj ntawm Stockton. Txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau tseem ua rau lub tsheb qeeb ntawm txoj kev hla-tsheb ciav hlau thiab ua rau muaj peev xwm tsav tsheb, tsheb ciav hlau, tsheb kauj vab, thiab cov neeg taug kev tsis sib haum xeeb. Txo cov kev tsis sib haum xeeb no txhim kho kev nyab xeeb, kev nkag mus, thiab kev txav mus los rau cov neeg nyob hauv nroog Stockton los ntawm kev hla kev kaw, nrog rau kev caij tsheb kauj vab, neeg taug kev, thiab kev txhim kho txoj kev ntawm ntau txoj kev hla kev / tsheb ciav hlau.

SJRRC yog tswv thiab ua haujlwm Altamont Corridor Express txoj haujlwm ntawm cov neeg caij tsheb ciav hlau uas txuas Stockton thiab San Jose. San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority (SJJPA) tswj hwm Amtrak San Joaquins intercity neeg nrog caij tsheb ciav hlau kev pabcuam. Tam sim no ACE thiab San Joaquins intercity neeg nrog caij tsheb ciav hlau kev pabcuam raug txwv los ntawm qib Stockton Pob Zeb Diamond Interlock ntawm qib hla, uas tuaj yeem txo kev ntseeg siab thiab ua haujlwm raws sijhawm rau cov neeg caij tsheb thiab kev thauj khoom thauj. Kev sib cais qib yuav pab txhim kho kev ua haujlwm rau SJRRC thiab SJJPA thaum lawv muab kev pabcuam nruab nrab ntawm Central Valley, Sacramento, thiab San Francisco Bay Area. Kev thauj mus los hauv San Joaquin County tseem yog ib qho tseem ceeb rau cheeb tsam thiab suav nrog cov txheej txheem ntawm kev thauj mus los sai, kev thauj mus los hauv cheeb tsam thiab kev thauj mus los hauv cheeb tsam, ACE commuter rail service, thiab San Joaquins intercity rail service.

Kev txo qis hauv kev tsheb ciav hlau nrog kev ua tiav ntawm Txoj Haujlwm no yuav txo qis kev ncua sijhawm rau cov neeg caij tsheb thiab cov chaw thauj khoom thauj, txhim kho kev thauj mus los, txo lub sijhawm mus ncig, thiab ua kom muaj kev nyab xeeb rau lub tsheb, tsheb kauj vab, neeg taug kev, thiab tsheb ciav hlau. Nws kuj tseem yuav txo cov tsheb thauj mus los thiab tsheb idling thiab huab cua emissions.

Qhov project cov txiaj ntsig rau pej xeem yuav nthuav dav rau cov neeg tsav tsheb, cov neeg taug kev, cov neeg caij tsheb ciav hlau, cov neeg thauj khoom thauj, thiab cov neeg nyob thoob plaws cheeb tsam. Cov txiaj ntsig ntxiv yuav suav nrog txo kev siv roj, txo cov nqi tsheb thauj mus los, thiab txhim kho lub sijhawm mus ncig thiab kev ntseeg tau. Raws li tau piav qhia thiab piav qhia hauv EA, Txoj Haujlwm yuav ua rau muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau lub sijhawm ntev ntawm huab cua zoo, tsheb thauj mus los thiab kev thauj mus los, thiab kev pom zoo thiab kev zoo nkauj hauv qhov project Study Area.

DAIM 1. PROJECT STUDY AREA

Project: Link Union Station (Link US)

Project Sponsor: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) 

Project Status: On June 21, 2024, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) and Metro released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Supplemental EIR (EIS/SEIR) for a 45-day public review and comment period in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The 45-day public review and comment period begins on June 21, 2024 and ends on August 9, 2024.  

OPEN HOUSE AND PUBLIC HEARING: Metro will hold an open house and public hearing to explain the Project and the Draft EIS/SEIR analysis. Comments from the public may be submitted at the public hearing via comment card or court reporter. Information regarding the open house and public hearing is provided below. 

Hnub tim: Tuesday, July 9, 2024 

Sijhawm: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. 

Location: Metro Headquarters, One Gateway Plaza, Board Room, 3rd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012   

Please refer to the Link US project website for complete Project documents and information including Open House and Public Hearing details. 

Lub Vev Xaib: https://linkunionstation.com/

Qhov project piav qhia: Xov lauj is proposing the Link US Project to address existing capacity constraints at Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS). The Project consists of transforming LAUS from a stub end tracks station into a run-through tracks station by extending ten platform tracks south of LAUS Platforms 2 through 6 that would merge into a minimum of four tracks on the U.S. Highway 101 (US-101) viaduct and continue south to connect to mainline tracks along the west bank of the Los Angeles River, replacing the existing pedestrian passageway under the LAUS platforms and tracks with a new expanded passageway, and establishing 10 new run-through tracks for regional/intercity trains and future high-speed rail trains south of LAUS. The Project also includes off-site railroad improvements to BNSF Railway’s Malabar Yard in the City of Vernon. The Malabar Yard railroad improvements consist of the closure of the 49th Street at-grade railroad crossing and a new track connection between two existing track segments along 46th Street in the City of Vernon. Metro is the lead agency under CEQA and joint lead agency under NEPA. The Authority is the federal lead agency under the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) NEPA Assignment Program. 

In May 2016, pursuant to the requirements of NEPA and CEQA, FRA (federal lead agency at the time) and Metro issued a Notice of Intent/Notice of Preparation to prepare a joint EIS/EIR for the Link US Project. In October 2018, Metro elected to prepare a standalone Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in compliance with CEQA and certified the Final EIR on June 27, 2019. In October 2021, Metro approved CEQA Addendum No.1 to the Final EIR. Since certification of the Final EIR and approval of the CEQA Addendum, there have been minor additions or changes to the Project, which requires the preparation of a Supplemental EIR. Therefore, in April 2023, the Authority and Metro agreed to prepare a joint EIS/Supplemental EIR to complete the NEPA and CEQA process. The final EIS/SEIR is expected in early 2025.  

The Project is located in Downtown Los Angeles in the vicinity of LAUS (see Figure 1 below). LAUS is located at 800 Alameda Street in the City of Los Angeles, California. LAUS is bounded by US-101 to the south, Alameda Street to the west, Cesar Chavez Avenue to the north, and Vignes Street to the east. The Project extends from the northern terminus at North Main Street to the southern terminus south of First Street in the City of Los Angeles. 

The Link US Project comprises several key components: 

1. New lead tracks with an elevated rail yard with new platforms and canopies 
2. New concourse-related improvements, including a 140-foot-wide expanded passageway below the rail yard with new escalators and elevators
3. New run-through tracks south of the LAUS over US-101 
4. Accommodation of the Authority’s planned high-speed rail (HSR) system on common rail infrastructure to support future HSR trains 
5. New rail communications, signals, and safety improvements 

At the BNSF West Bank Yard, dedicated lead tracks for Amtrak trains and BNSF trains, in combination with implementation of common rail infrastructure would result in permanent loss of freight rail storage track capacity at the north end of BNSF West Bank Yard (5,500 track feet). As proposed mitigation to offset the permanent loss of freight storage tracks at the BNSF West Bank Yard, Metro would implement two railroad improvements at BNSF’s Malabar Yard in the City of Vernon, as described below (see Figure 2 below) : 

1. Closure of the at-grade railroad crossing at 49th Street; and  
2. New 1,000-foot track connection along 46th Street between Pacific Boulevard and Seville Avenue. 

The Project’s benefits include increasing regional/intercity rail capacity, improving transit connectivity, enabling one-seat rides on the regional/intercity rail systems across Southern California and accommodating the planned HSR system at LAUS.  

FIGURE 1. PROJECT LOCATION

Figure 2: Link Union Station Project Study Area and Malabar Yard Study Area