The Five Wounds Trail has been in the works for over two decades
The trail also will offer increased accessibility to sites like the Happy Hollow Park and Zoo, San Jose State University’s campus and the Japanese Friendship Garden. It may include amenities along the way like basketball courts and exercise equipment, according to Klein.
But the city will still have to pay over $5 million in environmental clean-up efforts on part of the trail that will utilize a railroad track constructed in the early 20th century. The old tracks, according to two separate studies over the past decade, have contaminated the nearby soil with arsenic and lead.
“This would benefit people who don’t even live in the area,” she said. “There are people who are avid bicyclists who are taking transportation. It would definitely be good for people who want to take BART but don’t want to necessarily park a car .” “It really has a regional impact,” said Terry Christensen, a political science professor emeritus at San Jose State University who has been a leading advocate for the trail, about the proposal. “People have been talking about it for a long time.”
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