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[QUOTE]Originally posted by George Harris: [QB] Mr. Norman: Between San Jose and San Francisco downtown the proposed HSR line will be in the same right of way as the current Caltrain Commuter line (the Ex Southern Paciic main for the older of us here.) Despite this, the Atherton Palo Alto and other peninsula elites are screaming bloody murder about how this will destroy life on this planet as we know it. It will be noiser! Electric power with grade crossings eliminated will be noiser than the current diesel operation with multiple grade crossings with appropriate horn music? It will kill THE Palo Alto tree! The tree has lived 150 years dusted by coal smoke, oil smoke, and diesel fumes and is located all but next to the tie ends of ties on the south bank of the creek north of Palo Alto station, so the overhead electric lines will kill it? Etc., Etc., etc. They want a tunnel. Built without any surface disturbance during construction, of course. Aside from costing about 9 times the cost of a surface alignment and 3 times that of an elevated alignment, it might affect the water table and by that kill this precious tree. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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