Railway Age, 12/5/23
Brightline West to Receive $3B HSR Project Grant
Brightline West will advance its 218-mile high-speed rail (HSR) project linking Las Vegas and Southern California with a new $3 billion federal grant, according to Dec. 5 reports from members of Nevada’s congressional delegation.
Earlier this year, the Nevada Department of Transportation in coordination with Brightline West applied for a $3.75 billion Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grant from the Federal Railroad Administration to help fund construction of the project, which is estimated to cost $12 billion. Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto—Nevada Democrats who co-led a bipartisan group of colleagues in a letter to the USDOT in support of the grant application—announced Dec. 5 that the award would be for $3 billion.
