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September 23, 2019
NEWS RELEASE: California High-Speed Rail Authority Releases 2019 Sustainability Report, Announces Top Sustainability Ranking for Project
Today, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) announced the release of its 2019 Sustainability Report: Energizing Economic Revitalization. California’s high-speed rail project received 5 stars and is one of the top ranked sustainable rail infrastructure projects in North America, as evaluated by the GRESB Infrastructure Assessment, the leading benchmark for environmental, social and governance policies, practices, and performance of real estate and infrastructure investments...
Read MoreSeptember 18, 2019
NEWS RELEASE: California High-Speed Rail Authority Board Adopts Preferred Alternatives in Northern California
On Tuesday, September 17, 2019, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) Board of Directors concurred with staff recommendations for the Preferred Alternatives for the high-speed rail routes in Northern California. The Board’s concurrence comes after nearly a decade of analysis and active engagement with communities along the route. The staff released its recommendations in July and led a comprehensive outreach effort to provide the Board of Directors with feedback before...
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2019
NEWS RELEASE: High-Speed Rail and LA Metro Announce Partnership to Advance LA Union Station Project
The California High-Speed Rail Authority today took another step forward in advancing work for Southern California’s Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS). Together with the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) an agreement was reached to steer more than $400 million in Proposition 1A funds towards the transformative Link Union Station (Link US) project. The Link US project will transform how the regional...
Read MoreSeptember 11, 2019
NEWS RELEASE: California Issues First NEPA Action: Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Central Valley Wye
Taking the first significant action under NEPA Assignment, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) is releasing a draft supplemental environmental impact statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) entitled “Merced to Fresno Section: Central Valley Wye Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement” (referred to below as “Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS”). The Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS is available for a...
Read MoreAugust 28, 2019
NEWS RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Celebrates Creating 3,000 Construction Jobs
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) has reached another historic milestone coinciding with the 125th anniversary of Labor Day - the creation of more than 3,000 jobs across 119 miles of construction in the Central Valley. In partnership with local trade unions, the State Building and Construction Trades Council and the Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board, the Authority is proud to work alongside such skilled trades people including operating engineers, electricians,...
Read MoreAugust 15, 2019
NEWS RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Authority and Kings County Reach Important Agreements
Today, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) and Kings County Board of Supervisors announced that they have signed three major agreements that will clear the way for substantial progress on California’s high-speed rail program in Kings County in the Central Valley. “Now is the time for Kings County to come together with the Authority to settle disputes and to signal a new phase of cooperation,” said Supervisor Doug Verboon. “With our agreements in place,...
Read MoreJuly 31, 2019
PHOTO RELEASE: Overpasses Open to Traffic on Avenue 8 and Avenue 11 in Madera County
Today, the California High-Speed Rail Authority and its design-build contractor Tutor-Perini/Zachry/Parsons (TPZP) opened two newly constructed overpasses on Avenue 8 and Avenue 11 in Madera County that allow traffic to travel over the high-speed rail system. This marks the first completed high-speed rail grade separations for Madera County. “The completion of this overcrossing is a great step forward toward a positive working relationship with High-Speed Rail and Madera...
Read MoreJuly 25, 2019
NEWS RELEASE: California High-Speed Rail Authority Receives Important Federal Approval
In another step toward continued progress on the nation’s first high-speed rail system, today, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) announced that the State of California has received approval from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to assume its federal environmental review responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other federal environmental laws. Today’s announcement allows the Authority to move forward with the completion of...
Read MoreJuly 19, 2019
California High-Speed Rail Authority Industry Forum for Request for Qualifications for Track and Systems RFQ No. HSR 19-13
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) is seeking a design-build-maintain contractor to submit qualifications to bid on RFQ No. HSR 19-13. The scope of work will include design and construction of trackwork, railway systems, electrification, as well as testing and commissioning.The Track and Systems contract, as proposed, will also include a 30-year term of maintenance for both the underlying civil works and track and systems work, which would include construction of necessary...
Read MoreJuly 16, 2019
NEWS RELEASE: California High-Speed Rail Authority Issues Progress Video and Improved Photo and Video Access
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Today, the California High-Speed Rail Authority released the newest construction video highlighting the progress the Authority continues to make along the first 119-miles of high-speed rail infrastructure in Central Valley.
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