Caltrain Electrification Suit Fully Briefed
05/23/16 Filed in: High-Speed
Rail |
Transportation
Planning
The
challenge to
Caltrain’s Electrification EIR
is now fully briefed. (See bottom of page.)
Petitioners assert that the electrification project
is really the first phase of the HSR Blended System
on the Peninsula, making the EIR an impermissibly
chopped study of the project’s overall impacts. A
hearing has been scheduled for 9 AM, September 2,
2016 in Contra Costa Superior Court.
CEQA Preemption Appeal Fully Briefed
05/18/16 Filed in: High-Speed
Rail
The appeal of the CEQA Preemption Order by the
federal Surface Transportation Board for California
HSR is now fully briefed. Oral argument has not yet
been scheduled. The briefs are all posted on
the STB
page.