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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 [...]
At a press conference this afternoon in Las Vegas, Senator Harry Reid and US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood talked about federal loan guarantees for the DesertXpress high speed rail project to connect Las Vegas to Southern California. From the Las Vegas Sun: Harry Reid was joined at UNLV by LaHood and transportation consultant Tom Skancke [...]
Somehow, almost out of nowhere, the Las Vegas to Southern California route has become one of the most popular locations for proposed high speed rail service. With four different proposals now in the mix (maglev, DesertXpress, “X Train,” and a 4th discussed below), it would seem a clear sign that the business sector understands there [...]
According to a recent Las Vegas Sun article, the DesertXpress high speed rail project between Victorville and Las Vegas is on couse to begin construction in 2010: Last year, developers of the 185-mile rail line that would link Las Vegas with Victorville, Calif., said they hoped they would get final environmental approvals by the end [...]
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