PROGRESS???????

[Mac]

It seems as though as the Cal HSR hasn't been going very far. Any updates as to whats going on?

[Justin Walker]

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) receives much less than they requested in the recently adopted 2007-2008 state budget. Yet, work continues. Their current progress is best explained in their own press release response to the new budget:

www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/news/pdf/2007/08-24-07.pdf


Also of interest:
The CHSRA recently put up a detailed Google map of their proposed routes. All that remains to be chosen for the routing is the very controversial stretch between the Bay Area and the Central Valley.

www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/route/default.asp

(Also, the Authority recently held meetings for their program level EIR/EIS for the controversial Bay Area-Central Valley routing and the comment period closed on October 26.)

[kenalpern]

Thanks for these and other updates, Justin!

[Mac]

Hmmm.. Hopefully it won't get delayed that bad. The MTA is going slow enough... and we aren't really getting much done. But slowly and surely, we are.