Is it a convenient way to avoid traffic jams or a neighborhood nuisance that could increase crime? When it comes to extending light rail trains into Elk Grove, opinions differ.

The City of Elk Grove is working with Sacramento Regional Transit to get community input on the plan.

"It makes Elk Grove more accessible to folks in the region to come down here and enjoy what we have to offer," said Kaley Lyons, Elk Grove's senior transportation planner.

Four proposals are being considered, which could include building up to seven new train stations.

The current tracks run from Downtown Sacramento to Cosumnes River College. The new extension would continue that line six miles south into Elk Grove, mostly along Bruceville and Big Horn boulevards and potentially down to Kammerer Road.

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