Board Action Taken on Central Contra Costa County Crossover Project
On March 9th the BART Board of Directors voted to approve the revised Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration and to adopt the Central Contra Costa County Crossover Project. The Board also voted to adopt the Mitigation Monitoring Report for the project.
The project will now go to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Board at the end of March for approval of funding. For additional information on the project schedule, click here.
BART Files NOD for Central Contra Costa County Crossover Project
On March 14, 2006, BART filed a Notice of Determination (NOD) for the Central Contra Costa County Crossover Projects. The determinations include:
- The project will not have a significant effect on the environment pursuant to the provisions of CEQA.
- A Mitigated Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA.
- Mitigation measures were made a condition of project approval,
- A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for the project.
- Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA.
Download a PDF version of the NOD.
Revised Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration & Summary of Responses to Comments Released for Central Contra Costa County Crossover Project
BART has released the following documents:
Revised Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (1.02 Mb .pdf)
Summary of Comments and Responses (1.92 Mb .pdf)
The Initial Study examines the potential for the proposed project to cause noise, vibration, air quality, biological, cultural, hydrological, recreation and traffic impacts. The study concludes that mitigation measures included in the project would ensure that all impacts remain at a less than significant level.
The Summary of Comments and Responses provides all of the comments received on the Draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and summarizes BART's response.
Last Updated: October 31, 2008
