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The ceremonial sledgehammer demolition that took place at the Salinas Train Station Thursday is part of a much larger breakthrough connecting Monterey County to the larger mass transit network in the San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding regions. 
Think of the $81.5 million-dollar Kick Start Project as part of a Russian nesting doll that encompasses a long-term rail development, said Christina Watson, principal transportation planner for the Transportation Authority of Monterey County, or TAMC, the local lead agency on the project.
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