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The City of Fremont is hosting a community meeting on June 6, 2007 at the City of Fremont Teen Center located at 39770 Paseo Padre Parkway (off Sailway Drive in Central Park/Lake Elizabeth) from 6:00 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. to present to the community information on current and upcoming construction activities and traffic detours associated with the Grade Separation Project. Attendees will have the opportunity to view project exhibit boards and visit with project staff during the open house beginning at 6:00 p.m. A presentation will follow the open house at 7:00 p.m. that includes an overview of upcoming construction activities and phasing plans, traffic changes, community outreach activities, and other important information related to the project. A facilitated question and answer session will follow the presentation.
What: Attend a Community Meeting for the Washington Boulevard/Paseo Padre
Parkway Grade Separation Project
Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Time: 6:00 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m. Open House
7:00 p.m. Presentation and Facilitated Question and Answer Session
Where: City of Fremont Teen Center, 39770 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont CA (off Sailway Drive in Central Park/Lake Elizabeth).
Ongoing dialogue with the community is an important part of the Grade Separation Project. Throughout construction, the City will provide advance notice of traffic changes and construction activities through mailed updates, street signage, and information on the project Web site. If you would like to receive construction updates via e-mail or U. S. mail, please provide the project team with your e-mail address and/or mailing address by visiting the project Web site at www.fremontgradesep.com, e-mailing the project team at info@fremontgradesep.com, or by calling the project infoline at (510) 273-2488. The City of Fremont appreciates your patience and cooperation during this important construction project.
Project Background
Over the next few years, residents will see major changes unfolding on Washington Boulevard and Paseo Padre Parkway as construction continues through late 2010. The project will build an overpass at Washington
Boulevard between Bruce Drive and Roberts Avenue, and an underpass at Paseo Padre Parkway between Shadowbrooke Common Road and Hancock Drive in order to separate vehicle and pedestrian traffic from railroad traffic and crossings. It will also relocate nearly one-and-a-half miles of active Union Pacific railroad tracks several hundred feet to the east requiring complex construction staging.
The Grade Separation Project will:
- Improve safety for pedestrians, bicyclists, and cars by removing the street and railroad track intersections at both roads;
- Decrease traffic delays and backups by removing the street and railroad track intersections;
- Reduce noise by eliminating the need for trains to sound their horns when approaching and crossing Washington Boulevard and Paseo Padre Parkway; and
- Allow the future Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) extension to Warm Springs in south Fremont to be constructed at ground level, thereby eliminating costly bridges and minimizing community impacts.
For more information, please visit www.fremontgradesep.com, e-mail info@fremontgradesep.com, or call (510) 273-2488.
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