Ask the Valley Link Rail Authority Board to postpone certification of the final EIR.Â
The staff will present its preferred alternative project at a Zoom hearing on May 12, starting at 2 pm. The authority staff will also be asking the board to certify the final EIR only released April 30. Unfortunately, the final EIR is too vague and lacking critical data. This new project alternative contains many elements not presented in the draft EIR, including the removal of the Greenville Station in Livermore, replacing the Mountain House Station, and several major rail-line changes.Â
Furthermore, the final EIR fails to adequately explain how the project will fund the $1.2 billion price tag for the extension from Pleasanton to Isabel. So far, only 700 million has been allocated, including the 400 million transferred from Livermore BART to the authority. The financial data does not add up!Â