$70M in state funding for Burlingame grade separation not included in most recent budget
Plans to fix the most dangerous train crossing in California — Burlingame’s Broadway intersection — are up in the air as $70 million in state funding for a grade separation was not included in a May state budget revision.
BURLINGAME, Calif. (KRON) — Along the Peninsula, elected officials in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties are pushing the state to help pay for safety improvements at Caltrain crossings. A $744 million plan is in the works to improve dangerous rail crossings in Burlingame, Palo Alto and Mountain View.
The projects are reliant in part on state funding. However, as of right now, the legislature has taken that money away.
(NBC Bay Area) Calls are growing to fund a proposed bridge at what's considered to be one of California's most dangerous train intersections -- the Caltrain crossing on Broadway in Burlingame.
The Burlingame crossing is the highest priority project statewide among 10,000 graded crossings identified by the California Public Utilities Commission.
Leading the push for the $70 million upgrade is state Sen. Josh Becker.
BURLINGAME, Calif. (KTVU) - State lawmakers are trying to secure funding to make Caltrain crossings along the Peninsula safer.
The train crossing near the intersection of California Drive and Broadway in Burlingame is the most dangerous crossing in California.
The tracks are sandwiched between two traffic lights. So if cars are sitting at a red light, the back-up can leave cars stuck on the tracks.
Over the last decade, there have been 22 accidents where a train hit a car at this crossing.
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