San Gabriel Trench Project - City of San Gabriel
San Gabriel Trench Fact Sheet
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| PROJECT DESCRIPTION | |
The 2.2-mile San Gabriel Trench grade separation project will result in the lowering of a 1.4-mile section of Union Pacific railroad track in a trench through the City of San Gabriel with bridges constructed at Ramona Street, Mission Road, Del Mar Avenue and San Gabriel Boulevard, allowing vehicles and pedestrians to pass over the tracks. The rail line will return to grade east of San Gabriel Boulevard, which would need to be raised less than 2 feet due to track elevation. The rail crossing at Walnut Grove Avenue will remain at-grade and may require a shallow lowering of the roadway to match the proposed railroad grade. |
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| PROJECT IMPACTS | |
Project construction will create 8,964 full-time equivalent jobs. The project will reduce locomotive horn and crossing bell noise, congestion and air pollution, estimated at 213 tons/year of air toxins and greenhouse emissions by 2030. The project will eliminate an estimated 420 hours of vehicle delay each day at four crossings, the busiest of which, San Gabriel Blvd., carries 37,500 vehicles per day and operates at 118% of capacity in peak hours. Three crossing collisions have been recorded, with one motorist killed in 2002. The project will eliminate delays for emergency responders and the potential for crossing collisions, estimated at one every four years. Temporary and alternating closures of Ramona Street, Mission Road, Del Mar Avenue will be required during construction; one lane in each direction of San Gabriel Boulevard will remain open. Advance notice of closures, detours and other construction impacts will be provided. |
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| PROJECT STATUS | |
The Final Environmental Impact Report was certified in April 2010 and property acquisition has been authorized to begin. Project cost is estimated at $498.5 million. Construction is expected to start in 2011 and be completed by 2014. Funding is being sought for construction and right-of-way acquisition. |
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For more project information, please call the Project Helpline at (888) ACE-1426 .