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#BAKERSFIELD HIGH SPEED RAIL ROUTE WINDOWS#
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This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. In the next step, the Federal Railroad Administration will issue a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Final Supplemental EIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and consider approving the project and issuing a Record of Decision under NEPA. The document then compares the locally generated alternative to the alignment in the area previously studied in 2014. The Final Supplemental EIR evaluates what is known as the ‘locally generated alternative’, which extends from Shafter east towards State Route 99 and the existing Union Pacific Railroad tracks, then southward into Bakersfield, ending at a station location on F Street in downtown Bakersfield. “With this decision, we are another step closer to making sure our major cities in the Central Valley see the benefits of high-speed rail.” “We are pleased with the Board’s decision, which reflects our ongoing commitment to working with our stakeholders to make high-speed rail a reality,” said Central Valley Regional Director, Diana Gomez. After deliberations, the Board of Directors voted unanimously to certify the document under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), approve the project and alignment and adopt documents required under CEQA. The Board of Directors heard a staff presentation and took public comments on the Fresno to Bakersfield Final Supplemental EIR.
“Having a high-speed rail station in Bakersfield will spur new economic activities and development in the region, and tie the Central Valley to Northern and Southern California like never before.”
“This decision by the Board of Directors reflects the successful partnership between the Authority and our regional partners to find a path forward in bringing high-speed rail to Bakersfield,” said Board Chair, Dan Richard. This allows the Authority to take additional steps toward advancing major work on the project. “The cost of the high-speed rail project has ballooned over the decade and a half since voters first approved it - from $45 billion to $113 billion, and this only includes the LA to SF route, and not planned extensions to Sacramento and San Diego.” With the new funding in place, segments of the Bakersfield to Merced segment could begin service in the next four to five years, with the San Jose-to-Merced segment scheduled for completion in 2031.The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) Board of Directors has certified the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (Final Supplemental EIR) for the Fresno to Bakersfield Project Section, and approved a high-speed rail alignment between Poplar Avenue in Kern County and the F Street station location in downtown Bakersfield.
#BAKERSFIELD HIGH SPEED RAIL ROUTE SERIES#
The embattled project has faced a series of cost overruns and delays, as well as criticism of the decision to build the Central Valley portion first. As Jay Barmann reports in SFist, “Governor Gavin Newsom said when he took office that, as a state, we had to focus on finishing this phase first, and hopefully funds for the complicated connection between Bakersfield and Los Angeles, and the also complex San Jose-to-Merced route, will materialize in the coming years.” The California High-Speed Rail Authority approved the 90-mile San Jose-to-Merced segment in April. California’s high speed rail project received a boost as its Central Valley segment, running from Bakersfield to Merced, was allocated $4.2 billion in the recently approved state budget.
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