Keith Ode Wrote:
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> What freight revenue traffic is expected to
> traverse the line between Santa Cruz and
> Watsonville? I don't understand the
> justification in spending money to open a line
> with no potential freight traffic. By the time
> they repair the washout near Harkins Slough, more
> damage will have been done. All of the grade
> crossings need repair or replacement. The
> wooden trestles in Aptos and Capitola were swaying
> and falling apart twenty years ago. I'll never
> forget walking under one of those trestles in 2004
> after shooting the Cruz and being hit in the
> shoulder by a chunk of falling wood.

The Regional Transportation Commission purchased the Santa Cruz Branch Rail line with Prop 116 funds for passenger rail. That is the justification. I am looking forward to the light rail demonstration later this year.