In the midst of a gigantic housing shortage, $20 million will be spent at the Dublin BART station constructing new housing for…cars:
On Monday, Assemblywoman Catharine Baker (R-San Ramon) and Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty announced the State’s approval of a grant for a new BART parking garage to be built at the heavily-impacted Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station, thanks to the $20 million funding secured by Assemblywoman Baker’s office and land provided by Alameda County.
If you are one of the 3,000 people on the wait-list, don’t expect the new garage to help you find parking. It will have at most 700 spaces.
The good news is that the absurdity of the situation wasn’t lost on the staff who wrote the press release:
The parking lot will be a state-of-the-art convertible structure. If parking is no longer needed in the future as technology advances, the structure can be turned into additional housing or office space.
Pretty sure we need that additional housing now, not later.
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