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The California High Speed Rail Authority has confirmed that it will select the Hanford West alignment for the high speed rail tracks in that area: The route would be below-grade, meaning it will run under main streets and not require new overpasses. It would run mostly along a line just east of 13th Avenue before [...]
The Bakersfield Californian, Kern County’s main daily newspaper, has a great editorial out calling on local elected officials to drop their recent opposition to the high speed rail project and instead work together to ensure Kern County reaps the benefits. The whole thing is worth a read, so I’ll just offer a few choice excerpts: [...]
I had a feeling the LA Times’ Ralph Vartabedian would be a problem for the HSR project last month when he tried to scare Californians out of building a better future. He’s at it again in today’s Times, casting the bullet train as a Godzilla monster out to destroy Bakersfield. The problem here is that, [...]
Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy, who ostensibly represents Kern County but answers mostly to wealthy right-wing donors like the Koch Brothers, is moving forward with an effort to block the California high speed rail project. As he explains in the Bakersfield Californian: I have already requested a 30-day extension of the public comment period for the [...]
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