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VTA Tunnel Will Connect with Caltrain Station
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), San Jose, CA, broke ground Nov. 1 for a $14 million tunnel extension project that will connect the Santa Clara VTA station to a Caltrain platform.
The project will add 80 feet to an existing pedestrian and bicycle tunnel underneath three Union Pacific tracks, leading to a 250-foot open air walkway, which will provide access to the San Jose Earthquakes major league soccer team’s Avaya Stadium, business centers and other commercial and entertainment spots.
VTA General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Nuria Fernandez said the extension “is going to open up a whole new mode of transportation that people in our valley didn’t have access to before, connecting people just by building an 80-foot tunnel under the tracks.”
Santa Clara County Supervisor and VTA Board Member Ken Yeager, who also attended, said that in seven years the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District will also connect to the Santa Clara Caltrain Station, increasing its importance as a transportation hub.
VTA expects to complete the extension by summer 2017.
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