CPSD/RWC/DAR/SH/vdl Mailed 8/30/05

Decision 05-08-019 August 25, 2005

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Application of ALAMEDA CORRIDOR - EAST CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY for authority to eliminate two main line grade crossings over Union Pacific Railroad Company's Alhambra subdivision; by construction of a grade separation and at-grade drill track at Sunset Avenue, addition of two tracks to an adjacent grade crossing at California Avenue and closure of Orange Avenue at the railroad, in the City of Industry, County of Los Angeles.

Application 04-09-013 (Filed September 10, 2004)

O P I N I O N

Summary

This decision grants Alameda Corridor - East Construction Authority's (ACE) request for authority to alter the existing California Avenue at-grade highway-rail crossing (crossing) across Union Pacific Railroad Company's (UP) Alhambra Subdivision main line track with the construction of one UP drill track and one detour track; to permanently close and physically remove the Orange Avenue crossing across UP's main line track; to eliminate the existing Sunset Avenue crossing across UP's main line track, by constructing a grade separation on a railroad bridge structure; and to construct a spur crossing at Sunset Avenue, north of the proposed grade separation, to accommodate the proposed UP drill track, in the City of Industry (City), Los Angeles County.