Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(F) Evaluation for the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project Project Overview The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), in coordination with the Santa Clara Valley Trans- portation Authority (VTA). proposes to construct an extension of BART from the approved Warm Springs Station in Fremont to Santa Clara County. Final EIS Release FTA, in coordination with VTA, has completed a Final Environmental Impact Statement (E18) for the project to address short- and long-term envi- ronmental impacts of the three project alternatives listed below: |. Future No-Build. 2. Berryessa Extension Project - extending the BART alignment from the Warm Springs Station to terminate near Las Plumas Avenue in San Jose (Recommended Project) Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project - extending the BART alignment from the Warm Springs Station through Milpitas and San Jose and terminating in Santa Clara, The Final EIS includes responses to comments received during public circulation of the Draft EIS, The Notice of Availability of the Final EIS will be published in the Federal Register on April 16. This will initiate a 30 day comment period. Availability of the Final EIS * The Final ETS is available online at anne vtaonghart + For questions or to request an electronic eopy. please call (408) 321-5789 + The Final EIS can be viewed at the following locations during normal business hours, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Building B Lobby 31 North First Street San Jose, CA 95134 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. M +50 East San Fernando Street San Jose, CA 95112 in Library Milpitas Library 160 North Main Street Milpitas, CA 95035 Fremont Main Library 2400 Stevenson Boulevard Fremont, CA 94538 Central Park Library 2635 Homestead Road Santa Clara, CA 95051 Interested residents may sign up for project updates by visiting www.ra.org and clicking on the “Sign Up tor Frail Updates” link,