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California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR) is a publicly funded high-speed rail system being developed in California by the California High-Speed Rail Authority.Phase 1, about 494 miles (795 km) long, is planned to run from San Francisco to Los Angeles and Anaheim via the Central Valley, and is partially funded and under construction.
The California Rail Builders bid was $347.5 million. The contract awarded includes an additional $107 million for utility relocation costs for electric, gas and communication lines. [ 36 ] This project has had the least issues out of all of the current construction packages and is set to be completed by late 2023.
Some people were concerned with the Central Valley route going down the east side of the Valley rather than the more open west side. Citizens for California High-Speed Rail Accountability note: "Environmental lawsuits against the California High-Speed Rail Authority often claim inadequate consideration of running the track next to Interstate 5 ...
A majority of California voters agree, viewing the high-speed rail favorably, according to a 2022 poll by UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies and The Times. The poll found that 56% of ...
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has spent more than $1.5 billion on real estate in the San Joaquin Valley. More California high-speed rail land purchases needed — 11 years after project ...
The Central Valley Training Center (located in Selma, California) is an organization supported by the Authority and local non-profit and governmental organizations.Since 2020 it has provided hands-on, free, 12-week pre-apprenticeship programs in 11 trades to prepare Central Valley veterans, at-risk young adults, minority, and low-income populations for construction jobs on the CAHSR project.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority was created in 1996 by the state to implement an 800-mile (1,300 km) rail system. It would provide a TGV -style high-speed link between the state's four major metropolitan areas, and would allow travel between Los Angeles's Union Station and the San Francisco Salesforce Transit Center in two and a half ...
Initial studies of a passenger rail service were conducted in the mid-1990s. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] A Cross Valley Rail Corridor Joint Powers Authority was founded, which raised $14.2 million from government and private sources to resurface the rail corridor in 2002–2003 to accommodate heavier freight traffic, and keep the line in operation in ...