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New studies aim to speed up Palo Alto's redesign of rail crossings

Original post made on Sep 21, 2023

Eager to take advantage of recently acquired federal and state grants, Palo Alto is preparing to speed up its tortuous, decade-long effort to choose preferred alternatives for redesigning three rail crossings.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, September 21, 2023, 11:07 AM

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Posted by Steven Nelson
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Sep 21, 2023 at 2:21 pm

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oh, for Mountain View / this is just 'another issue'
The PALO ALTO PROCESS at work. Just a decade - to get ? (nowhere?)(NeverLand / where the NIMBY's grow strong?)


Posted by VictorBishop
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Sep 22, 2023 at 4:10 pm

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LOL. My bet is that Palo Alto will not get the money.
Read this part of the story???
“ While Council member Pat Burt approved the staff's request to advance the studies, he worried that speeding things up will keep the city from fully evaluating things like bike improvements, for instance. He called the timeline "ambitious" and said he is "not sanguine about being able to get to this point."”

It has been 10 years, Pat. How much longer does Palo Alto need to solve the issue? Do you job instead of passing the buck!!!

And just to demonstrate that this par for the course for Palo Alto is an article also in the weekly today about the architectural board finally approving a new fire station to replace the old one on middlefield. That took 9 years. And it was a public safety issue as the current station is out of date!!!

And don’t forget almost 10 years to build Holman’s folly- the bike bridge over 101 that had to be iconic- “let’s have a design contest” and then ignore the results!!!!!


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