The Highway 120 Bypass through Manteca could end up being a true 21st century transit corridor.
The California High Speed Rail Authority board will consider staff recommendations today during a 9 a.m. meeting at Sacramento City Hall on the best alignment and routes for the Altamont Commuter Express high speed rail line.
There are two alternatives for the route that would initially run from Modesto to San Jose. Eventually the line could be extended to Merced.
• One goes down the center of the existing Highway 120 Bypass and continues eastward past Highway 99 in the corridor identified for a future extension of the 120 Bypass to the Escalon area. Once in Escalon trains would follow the Santa Fe Railroad corridor into Modesto.
• The other also goes down the center of the 120 Bypass then curve southward after crossing Highway 99 and rejoins the Union Pacific corridor in the vicinity of the proposed McKinley Avenue interchange about a mile south of Austin Road to continue south through Ripon into Modesto.
Both options call for a high speed rail station on the Highway 120 corridor in Manteca with the location most likely being at Main Street.
There are two routes being considered through Lathrop for the San Jose to Stockton and ultimately Sacramento service.
• One would skirt River Islands at Lathrop and travel along the Interstate 5 corridor with a station at Louise Avenue.
• The other would follow the existing ACE alignment into Stockton via the Lathrop/Manteca rail station at West Yosemite Avenue.
The California High Speed Rail Authority board will consider staff recommendations today during a 9 a.m. meeting at Sacramento City Hall on the best alignment and routes for the Altamont Commuter Express high speed rail line.
There are two alternatives for the route that would initially run from Modesto to San Jose. Eventually the line could be extended to Merced.
• One goes down the center of the existing Highway 120 Bypass and continues eastward past Highway 99 in the corridor identified for a future extension of the 120 Bypass to the Escalon area. Once in Escalon trains would follow the Santa Fe Railroad corridor into Modesto.
• The other also goes down the center of the 120 Bypass then curve southward after crossing Highway 99 and rejoins the Union Pacific corridor in the vicinity of the proposed McKinley Avenue interchange about a mile south of Austin Road to continue south through Ripon into Modesto.
Both options call for a high speed rail station on the Highway 120 corridor in Manteca with the location most likely being at Main Street.
There are two routes being considered through Lathrop for the San Jose to Stockton and ultimately Sacramento service.
• One would skirt River Islands at Lathrop and travel along the Interstate 5 corridor with a station at Louise Avenue.
• The other would follow the existing ACE alignment into Stockton via the Lathrop/Manteca rail station at West Yosemite Avenue.
