"The dense vegetation slated for cutting, estimated at about 400 large trees and 600 understory plants, buffers the park from the busy Union Pacific tracks, a key north-south route for freight and Amtrak."
"Bringing the dormant drill track back to use will help Union Pacific maintain train capacity during the rebuilding of an aging 90-year-old train overpass above 7th Street in Oakland."
"The Berkeley section of work, taking place along approximately .17 of a mile of railroad roughly from Bancroft Way to the Emeryville border, involves restoring a dormant set of tracks built as a side track off the two main lines."
The revival of a dormant railroad track near West Berkeley's Aquatic Park is part of a county project aimed at improving access to the Port of Oakland. This project involves clearing dense vegetation, including approximately 400 trees and 600 understory plants, which buffer the park from Union Pacific tracks. The area will be replanted with native species. The work will restore a side track to facilitate train reorganization, allowing Union Pacific to maintain capacity while an aging overpass is rebuilt.
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