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The agency is weighing a series of proposals about which lines will be extended from the current terminal in Fremont to its new southern terminal in Warm Springs. One of the proposals also affects riders in San Francisco.
Lennar is committing to doing the project in four phases. It would build the backbone infrastructure in Phase 1, going through 2017. Phase 2 would see construction of an affordable rental complex, a K-5 elementary school, a park, urban plazas and some multi-family units. Phase 3 would be additional multi-family units. And Phase 4 would complete the balance of the units.
The Milpitas station is being closed to build a pedestrian bridge over Capitol Avenue linking the trolley stop with the BART station under construction. That will offer a way onto Tasman Drive and to all those high-tech companies from San Jose through Santa Clara and onto Mountain View, plus Levi's Stadium.
In addition, the Evelyn station in Mountain View has been permanently closed, and it's being demolished, to build a second track that will allow for faster light rail service between BART on the east side of the South Bay and Caltrain on the Peninsula.
Approximately 7,100 feet of rail is in the ground north of Kato Road in the city of Fremont, Calif. In the city of Milpitas, 3,500 feet was placed south of Dixon Landing Road for a combined total of two miles of trackway.
A I'm going to dash your hopes: The new station won't open until sometime next year. Said Molly-the-BART-Person on the status of the $890 million, 5.4-mile Warm Springs extension: "We are not able to set an opening date until we are deeper into testing. But it is safe to say that we will not open before the end of the year."
Additionally, VTA's Montague Light Rail Station opened Aug. 31 after being closed for five months to allow for modifications to the station for that new pedestrian bridge.
"The station's main stairs were reconstructed to make way for the new bridge ... and the emergency exit stairs at the station were also reconstructed to accommodate an anticipated increase in riders transferring from VTA's BART Berryessa Extension when it opens in fall 2017," Childress said.
Childress said ongoing work involves assembling the station's low roof steel canopy for the platform, installing a guide-way deck drainage system as well as overhead fire service lines.
She added part of the station work -- currently about 60 percent complete -- also slowed in places.
"The concourse slab is on hold pending sewage and plumbing work but is not contributing to any major work delay," Childress said.
Bridge construction is expected to begin in early 2017 and end in fall 2018. The Warm Springs/South Fremont BART station is scheduled to open this spring.
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