Mayor's Wednesday stack of stuff.

Review the latest in congressional and local elections as well as a review of the Virginia Corridor that you may never have heard - The Tidewater Southern Railway, a subsidiary of the Western Pacific Railroad in 1910, was originally built as an “interurban” system, connecting from Stockton to Escalon. The system had three interurban electric passenger cars and two steeplecab electric freight locomotives.

From 1916 to 1918, the railway extended towards other cities, including Turlock, Hilmar and Manteca. Unlike other interurban railroads in California, the former railway retained the highest percentage of operation. The City of Modesto conceived a new use for the interurban structure in 1999, following a petition to abandon the tracks by the Union Pacific Railroad. The structure was renamed the Modesto Virginia Corridor, and now acts as a 2-mile linear park, trail and recreational destination to promote walking, biking, and skating throughout the city.

What is not known was the problems in funding and logistics that plaqued the completion and now that the City is ready to spend $4.5 million - the Mayor will fill in the blanks of just how this will get done.