The California High-Speed Rail Authority will host a series of local open house meetings in the coming weeks regarding the project’s “San Jose to Merced” section, which will pass through Morgan Hill and Gilroy.
This section of the bullet train project is part of the first phase of the CHSRA system that will eventually carry passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The 84-mile San Jose to Merced section will travel between stations in San Jose and Gilroy, according to a notice from HSRA.
Upcoming open house meetings are intended to provide attendees with an update on the rail section’s environmental review process, which is scheduled to be complete in 2018, reads the notice. The meetings offer “an opportunity to ask questions and provide input regarding effects to the environment including biological resources, cultural resources, air quality, noise, community impacts, environmental justice and more.”
In Gilroy, an open house meeting is scheduled for 5 to 8 p.m. April 18 at the I.F.D.E.S. Lodge of Gilroy, 250 Old Gilroy Street. In Morgan Hill, a similar meeting will take place 5 to 8 p.m. May 1 at the Community and Cultural Center, 17000 Monterey Road.
Two more meetings are scheduled in San Jose (April 20) and Los Banos (April 25).
The meetings will be identical in format and content.
For more information, visit hsr.ca.gov. Or call (800) 455-8166 or email
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