The Sierra Club wants to stop the Port of Stockton’s planned $7.4 million rail project, one that would double the port’s rail freight capacity, until the agency conducts a full environmental review of its potential impacts.
The group filed a lawsuit in San Joaquin County Superior Court requesting the project be stopped.
Port commissioners awarded a contract May 4 for construction of about 25,000 feet of new track, enough to boost rail capacity to up to 12 bulk unit trains per week from the current six.