Trains 'Newswire,' 9/22/21
California High-Speed Rail Authority seeks permission for route changesSeptember 22, 2021
WASHINGTON – The California High-Speed Rail Authority has filed two petitions with the Surface Transportation Board to reopen proceedings to make changes to two aspects of its high speed rail line under construction in the Central Valley.
The first document seeks to reexamine an exemption granted for 65 miles of high-speed line between Merced and Fresno, Calif. . . . The agency now seeks to reopen its petition for the STB to consider the Selected Alternative for the Central Valley Wye.
The second document petitions the board to reconsider proceeding regarding the 114 miles of high-speed passenger rail line between Fresno and Bakersfield, Calif. Specifically, the agency seeks approval of a modified route reached as part of a settlement with the city of Bakersfield, known as the “F-B LGA” or Fresno-Bakersfield locally generated alternative. . . .
