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SANTA ANA HIGH SPEED MIL STATION STOP <br />4-4-4 <br /> <br />configuration, northbound traffic on the Santa Ana Freeway will exit directly <br />to Santa Ana Boulevard and into the Transportation Center. Santa Ana's Vice- <br />Mayor, Dan Griset, has been influential in the success through his role on the <br />City Council and the Orange County Transportation Con,mission. Griset has testi- <br />fied before the California Transportation Con~nission on hearings for the State <br />Transportation Improvement Plan that have resulted in substantial freeway <br />improvement funds coming to Orange County. Mr. Griset's testimony included <br />requests for widening of the Santa Aha Freeway and for complete reconstruction <br />of several interchanges as well as other necessary improvements throughout <br />the County. CalTrans estimates that the Santa Ana Boulevard interchange re- <br />construction will be complete by 1988 for full operation of the bullet train. <br /> <br /> The Santa Aha - Orange County Transportation Center is also antici- <br />pated to be the terminus of the County's light rail rapid transit system. The <br />east-west light rail link will connect the Regional Transportation Center to <br />downtown Santa Ana, the Civic Center, and the narth-south rapid transit route. <br />The light rail connection will provide immediate access to Central Orange <br />County for bullet train or other transportation users, including Amtrak, <br />Greyhound, Trailw~ys, airport shuttle, or transit bus, operating from the <br />Regional Transportation Center. <br /> <br /> A second phase development of the Regional Transportation Center is <br /> <br />currently under study, according to Transportation Services Director Grosse. <br />The successes of the Orange County Transportation Center with bullet train <br />negotiations, and with the light rail rapid transit system, have given City <br /> <br />MORE <br /> <br /> <br />