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VTA Holds Community Meeting on Blossom Hill Bicycle-Pedestrian Overcrossing Project

San Jose, Calif.-The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is holding a community meeting on the Blossom Hill Bicycle-Pedestrian Overcrossing Project this week and community members are invited to attend.   The project is part of a comprehensive program of safety improvements for Caltrain.  The meeting is an ongoing public outreach effort on the Blossom Hill Bicycle-Pedestrian Overcrossing Project’s status with the Edenvale/Great Oaks Plan Implementation Coalition (EGOPIC) and takes place Wednesday, June 4, 2008.

In addition to crossing the railroad tracks, the planned 300 feet over-crossing will also span Monterey Road allowing safe pedestrian crossing of both the railroad tracks and the highway.

Blossom   Hill Bicycle-Pedestrian Overcrossing Meeting

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 6 p.m.
Edenvale Roundtable Community Association Community Center
255 Azucar Avenue, San Jose
This location is served by VTA Bus Line 68.

VTA secured federal funding in the amount of $1.98 million for the Blossom Hill Bicycle-Pedestrian Overcrossing Project.   The City of San Jose contributed $250,000.  The project has an estimated total cost of $10 million and funding for the remainder of it comes from a variety of sources including VTA’s 2000 Measure A and California’s Infrastructure Bond,  Proposition 1B passed by the voters in 2007. 

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