Officials favoring SANDAG’s long trench railroad project

Written by RT&S Staff
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SANDAG will be matching federal funding to replace timber bridge and continue double-tracking project.
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They appear to be digging it. The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) updated the Carlsbad City Council on the Carlsbad Village Railroad trench on July 19, and all signs point to the project moving forward.

Two designs that will lower the tracks about 30 ft below street level are being considered. A long option starts near the Carlsbad border with Oceanside at the Buena Vista lagoon and goes south of Tamarack to Chinquapin Avenue. A shorter alternative would end just north of Tamarack Avenue. Officials are favoring the longer plan.

Construction is expected to take four years, and while work is happening trains will use a temporary shoofly track that will run alongside the trench.

A second set of tracks also will be constructed. SANDAG and the North County Transit District are laying double track along the coast from San Diego to Orange County. Train traffic between Oceanside and San Diego is expected to double by 2035.

The trench project will include vehicle and pedestrian overpasses and could cost as much as $395 million for the long version.

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