California high-speed rail finally wins Peninsula lawsuit after five years [Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers]

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California high-speed rail finally wins Peninsula lawsuit after five years
(Source: San Jose Mercury News, February 28, 2013)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nearly five years after Peninsula cities first sued to block California's high-speed train from running along the Caltrain corridor, a judge has dismissed the case in a long-awaited victory for bullet train backers. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny's ruling, released Thursday, means that the state finally proved it was legally correct in December 2007 when it decided to send its planned $69 billion high-speed rail network up the Pacheco Pass from the Central Valley, zipping bullet trains from San Jose to San Francisco. An alternative plan that environmentalists and some Peninsula cities preferred would have sent the trains up a longer East Bay route through the Altamont Pass.

Full story: San Jose Mercury News

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