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The California High Speed Rail Authority today published the Revised Draft EIR for Fresno to Bakersfield. The key details: • Hanford West bypass carried forward, along with the older Hanford East route • Along with the main “BNSF alternative”, bypasses of Corcoran, Allensworth, and Wasco/Shafter are carried forward • Once again, a UPRR/Highway 99 route [...]
As a passenger rail advocate, I want to see passenger rail serve as many places in California as possible. That includes Kings County. I continue to be utterly baffled by local officials’ opposition to a high speed rail stop for Hanford/Visalia, as it would do wonders for the region’s economy by connecting it to jobs [...]
Kings County political leaders have become vehemently opposed to the California high speed rail project, despite the clear need for the Hanford-Visalia region to have better connections to metropolitan regions around the state. So it’s very strange to see those same leaders demanding preservation of Amtrak service in Kings County: According to the California High [...]
I’m not exactly sure why the LA Times has chosen to let Ralph Vartabedian write shockingly biased articles against the HSR project, but his latest hit piece is up, claiming that plans for Amtrak to use the Initial Construction Segment in the Central Valley are flawed. The problem: if you read the article closely, what [...]
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