SOUTH BAY TRANSIT leaders have approved a major contract to get construction underway on a long-planned light rail extension project in East San Jose.

The VTA board of directors has unanimously approved awarding a $437 million construction contract to a joint venture of two companies to build the Eastridge to BART Regional Connector.

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