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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 619

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study to determine 

the feasibility of constructing a highway in California connecting State 

Route 130 in Santa Clara County with Interstate Route 5 in San 

Joaquin County, and to determine the feasibility of constructing a fixed 

guideway system along the right-of-way of the highway. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2003

Mr. POMBO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study 

to determine the feasibility of constructing a highway 

in California connecting State Route 130 in Santa Clara 

County with Interstate Route 5 in San Joaquin County, 

and to determine the feasibility of constructing a fixed 

guideway system along the right-of-way of the highway.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 

2 HIGHWAY AND FIXED GUIDEWAY SYSTEM IN 

3 SANTA CLARA AND SAN JOAQUIN COUNTIES, 

4 CALIFORNIA. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) More than half of the road miles on the 

7 Interstate System are congested during peak travel 

8 hours. 

9 (2) Over the next 20 years, the United States 

10 population is projected to increase by 60,000,000 

11 people and highway travel by more than 40 percent. 

12 (3) Highway capacity must be increased to pro13 mote safer travel conditions. 

14 (4) Forty-two percent of the Nation’s major 

15 urban roads carry a high volume of traffic, which is 

16 often more than they were designed to handle. 

17 (5) Traffic congestion creates dangers for mo18 torists, slows the movement of goods, and hinders 

19 economic competitiveness. 

20 (6) Idling vehicles increase air pollution, while 

21 wasted time and fuel cost the United States econ22 omy more than $70,000,000,000 a year. 

23 (b) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor25 tation shall conduct a study to determine the feasi26 bility of constructing—
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1 (A) a highway in California connecting 

2 State Route 130 in Santa Clara County with 

3 Interstate Route 5 in San Joaquin County; and 

4 (B) a fixed guideway system along the 

5 right-of-way of the highway. 

6 (2) ASSUMPTIONS.—In conducting the study, 

7 the Secretary shall use the following assumptions: 

8 (A) The highway will be open only to pas9 senger vehicles. 

10 (B) The highway will have a total of 6 

11 lanes, including 3 lanes in each direction. 

12 (C) A fixed guideway system will be con13 structed along the right-of-way of the highway. 

14 (D) The highway and fixed guideway sys15 tem will be constructed using innovative financ16 ing. 

17 (E) The highway and fixed guideway sys18 tem will be constructed using performance19 based contracting. 

20 (F) The highway and fixed guideway sys21 tem will be constructed using procedures that 

22 allow streamlined compliance with environ23 mental requirements, without undermining the 

24 purpose of the requirements. 
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1 (G) The highway may contain high occu2 pancy vehicle lanes, energy-efficient vehicle 

3 lanes, and high occupancy toll lanes.

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