In 2022 CA passed SB846 to provide $1.4B to push back the closure of Diablo Canyon 5 years from 2025 to 2030

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Similar in California. Our electric company (PG&E) was losing money on their nuclear plant, so the government had to subsidize to keep it operating for a couple more years

Those subsidies would probably be better spent on building solar/wind/storage from a reducing GHG emissions perspective

Was it possible to keep the old nuclear plants running though, or had they reached their EoL?

A lot of traffic in Oakland is from Alameda drivers, which OakDOT has to plan around

One of the reasons we didn't win a 2-lane Grand Ave was traffic counts indicated potentially queuing, and we know from StreetLight data that a lot of those cars are driving from Alameda to 580 via Grand

I am more grumbly that the bulk of the $175M project is about speeding up car access to 880, and doesn't really address car dependency

That funding could have built a pedestrian-bike bridge or rapid transit between Alameda-Oakland

It is a significantly better project than 23/29 overpass though

True, there are some good parts to the project, like less Alameda thru traffic in Chinatown, moving the off-ramp, and concrete protected bike lane!

Ah yes, I was talking about how car focused Alameda CTC projects are in Oakland like the 23rd/29th overpasses, or the upcoming Oakland-Alameda Access Project

Even the International BRT bus project dropped the bus lane to maintain car capacity at High and 42nd

This is a great incremental idea! Stopping thru traffic is a key first step, and then it could be expanded as people see how good it is.