Round 2 in HSR Litigation
10/04/10 Filed in: High-Speed
Rail
A coalition of three
cities, three environmental organizations, two
citizens’ groups and a taxpayer today filed suit
challenging the Environmental Impact Report for the
high-speed rail connection between the Central Valley
and the Bay Area. The report was issued by the
California High-Speed Rail Authority, which is
responsible for planning a statewide high-speed rail
system. Five of the parties had challenged the
previous version of the report, resulting in the
court throwing it out and ordering it rewritten.
The cities of Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Atherton joined the California Rail Foundation, the Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund and the Planning and Conservation League. Palo Alto had not been a party in the previous challenge, although it filed a supportive brief. Also joining are two citizens’ groups centered in the San Francisco Peninsula: The Community Coalition on High-Speed Rail and Mid-Peninsula Residents for Civic Sanity. The Rail Authority’s chosen alignment would run through the Peninsula along the Caltrain/Union Pacific rail corridor.
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The cities of Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Atherton joined the California Rail Foundation, the Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund and the Planning and Conservation League. Palo Alto had not been a party in the previous challenge, although it filed a supportive brief. Also joining are two citizens’ groups centered in the San Francisco Peninsula: The Community Coalition on High-Speed Rail and Mid-Peninsula Residents for Civic Sanity. The Rail Authority’s chosen alignment would run through the Peninsula along the Caltrain/Union Pacific rail corridor.
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