A town hall in Tracy on Wednesday evening aimed to inform the public about recent developments with the project and to seek input, including conducting live surveys to see how far people's commutes are and which cities in San Joaquin County they live in.
Rickman said the aspect of this whole project is to help give families more time together and less time commuting.
Rickman said when he was born in Tracy more than 50 years ago, it had 15,000 people. Now, it's close to 100,000. He said the county is "very close" to 800,000 people and that reports indicate by 2050, the countywide population will be closing in on around 900,000 to a million people.
"The community wants this," Rickman said. "The community, our residents, want to spend less time on the road and more time with their family."
"I hope we get to see this train in the next few years," Govindaraj said.
"I don't commute daily, but sometimes, when I have some doctor appointment or something in Livermore or Dublin, it takes a long time to go there. It's almost like two times the actual time it would take," Govindaraj said.
Assemblymember Rhodesia Ranson, serving California's 13th Assembly District, told CBS Sacramento that over the last 20 years, at least 30,000 more people have moved to San Joaquin County.
Ranson said Senate Bill 125, passed in 2023, allocates funding to the project, and they want to ensure the Council of Governments uses the funds in a way that supports the project.
Rickman said the project could begin construction in 2028 with hopes to have it completed by 2030.
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