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CTNS SCRIPTS

CAPITOL TELEVISION NEWS SERVICE

SACRAMENTO, CA

(916) 446-7890

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30TH , 2008

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1. NO BUDGET DAY 30 VO/SOT

2. FASTER RAIL COMMUTES VO/SOT

3. LATINO YOUTH LEADERS VO/SOT

4. BLAKESLEE SOTS REQUEST

5. GRAFFITI BILL VO

2. FASTER RAIL COMMUTES VO/SOT

LIVE:

STATE OFFICIALS BROKE GROUND THIS MORNING FOR A NEW RAILROAD CROSSOVER IN BENICIA ON THE COMMUTER RAIL LINE THAT RUNS BETWEEN SACRAMENTO AND THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. THE CROSSOVER IS INTENDED TO REDUCE PASSENGER TRAIN DELAYS CAUSED BY FREIGHT TRAIN MOVEMENTS.

SUPER: TODAY/ BENICIA

VO: (:30)

THE CAPITOL CORRIDOR COMMUTE TRAINS PROVIDE DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN THE BAY AREA AND THE STATE CAPITOL. THE CAPITOL CORRIDOR IS A JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN AMTRAK AND THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. FREIGHT TRAINS ALSO USE THE TRACKS, AND SWITCHING FREIGHT TRAIN CARS CAN BLOCK THE RAILS. CROSSOVERS MOVE TRAINS FROM ONE TRACK TO ANOTHER. CAPITOL CORRIDOR MANAGING DIRECTOR EUGENE SKOROPOWSKI SAYS ADDING THE NEW CROSSOVER BETWEEN SUISUN CITY TO THE NORTH AND MARTINEZ TO THE SOUTH WILL REDUCE THE FREQUENCY AND DURATION OF THE PASSENGER TRAIN DELAYS.

SUPER: EUGENE SKOROPOWSKI/CAPITOL CORRIDOR

SOT: (:20)

SAYS: "WHAT HAPPENS, ALL TRAINS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS THEN HAVE TO USE ONE SINGLE TRACK. THAT CAUSES ABOUT A 20-MINUTE DELAY FOR PASSENGER TRAINS. BY PUTTING IN ACROSS OVER, IN THE MID-POINT BETWEEN THE TWO, IT WILL ALLOW THE TRAINS TO MAKE THAT TRIP, AND THE DELAY WOULD ONLY BE BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN MINUTES."

VO TAG:

THE COST FOR THE RAIL CROSSOVER PROJECT IS ABOUT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. IT IS BEING PAID FOR WITH A COMBINATION OF MONEY FROM A VOTER-APPROVED NOVEMBER 2006 STATE BOND MEASURE, AND A BAY AREA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION BOND. CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO START NEXT WEEK. THE SCHEDULED COMPLETION DATE IS MID-NOVEMBER.

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SUPER: EUGENE SKOROPOWSKI/CAPITOL CORRIDOR

SOT: (:18)

SAYS: "THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS FUNDED FROM TWO SOURCES..., ...GENERATED FROM THE BRIDGE TOLLS HERE."