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Last week we learned that two leading Congressional Republicans were trying to block approval of a $5.5 billion federal loan for the XpressWest high speed rail project that would connect Las Vegas to Victorville and eventually serve Los Angeles. This week, both of Nevada’s U.S. Senators – including Republican Dean Heller – rose to defend [...]
The latest Business Plan for the California high speed rail project is due to be released in October, and there’s a lot riding on it. Many legislators have declared that the Plan has to show a viable path forward for the project, particularly its financing, or else they might be interested in pulling the plug. [...]
Time to look in on the other high speed rail project in California, DesertXpress, which received its FRA Record of Decision this week. From Vegas Inc: The U.S. Transportation Department has given the green light to developers of DesertXpress to begin preliminary engineering for the $6 billion, 186-mile high-speed rail project that would link Las [...]
The Vegas-to-Victorville (and eventually to Palmdale and LA Union Station) DesertXpress high speed rail project has gotten one step closer to construction, with the completion of the Final Environmental Impact Statement. Comments on the Final EIS will begin on April 1 and will be accepted until May 2. Senator Harry Reid and US Transportation Secretary [...]
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