"During a council meeting this month, Councilman Pat Burt questioned whether the city should put any more effort into the Churchill Avenue crossing at this time. "We're going to likely mothball Churchill, because we're far from having the funding to do Charleston, Meadow and Churchill," Burt said. "I can tell you, envisioning where that (funding) might come from is difficult to come up with at this point in time.""
"The city has been debating whether to build an underpass for cars to travel beneath the tracks at Charleston and Meadow, or to use a hybrid approach in which the road is lowered some and the tracks are raised some. Council voted 6-0 on Dec. 15 to start drawings for the three crossings, proceeding to about 15% design completion. And for the remaining two crossings, Burt wondered, "Are we really looking at Meadow and Charleston, or Meadow or Charleston?""
Palo Alto is drawing designs for grade separations at Churchill Avenue, Charleston Road and Meadow Drive to separate tracks from roads, reduce vehicle backups and prevent deaths on the tracks. Options include underpasses at Charleston and Meadow or a hybrid approach with lowered roads and raised tracks. Churchill would use a partial underpass splitting Alma Street into upper and lower levels with a pedestrian and bicycle tunnel. Funding shortfalls raise the possibility of mothballing Churchill, and council debate centers on whether both Meadow and Charleston or only one will proceed. Council approved 15% design work; one councilman recused.
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