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August 27, 2025

NEWS RELEASE: CEO Choudri Welcomes Jeffrey Worthe to California High-Speed Rail Board of Directors

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri today welcomed Governor Gavin Newsom’s appointment of Jeffrey Worthe to the Authority’s Board of Directors.

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August 22, 2025

NEWS RELEASE: DELIVERING HIGH-SPEED RAIL FOR CALIFORNIANS Supplemental Project Update Report Provides a Path Forward to Delivering the First-in-the-Nation System

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today issued a supplemental to the 2025 Project Update Report. This report to the legislature provides a clear path forward to connect the high-speed rail system to Northern and Southern California via the Central Valley by 2039.

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August 21, 2025

PHOTO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Completes Another Tulare County Grade Separation Project

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today announced the completion of the Avenue 88 Grade Separation. Avenue 88 is the 57th structure to be completed in the Central Valley, the seventh structure to be opened to traffic this year and the second structure to be completed in Tulare County.

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July 31, 2025

PHOTO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Celebrates Completion of Tulare Street Grade Separation Project in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), local and state leaders celebrated the completion of the Tulare Street Grade Separation project with a ribbon cutting ceremony in Fresno’s Historic Chinatown.

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June 20, 2025

PHOTO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Recognizes 17 Students Completing Central Valley Training Center Pre-Apprenticeship Program

SELMA, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today celebrated 17 new graduates of the Central Valley Training Center (CVTC) in Selma. Since launching in 2020, the 10-week pre-apprenticeship program has graduated 268 students, helping them launch careers in the skilled trades.

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June 16, 2025

PHOTO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Completes First Tulare County Grade Separation at Avenue 56

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today announced that the Avenue 56 grade separation is completed and now open to traffic. It is the first completed high-speed rail structure in Tulare County and the 55th structure completed for the system.

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June 12, 2025

NEWS RELEASE: California High-Speed Rail Authority Responds to FRA: “Termination is Unwarranted and Unjustified”

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri issued a firm and detailed rebuttal to the proposed termination of two major funding agreements in a letter to Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Acting Administrator Drew Feeley this week.

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June 12, 2025

VIDEO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Releases Spring 2025 Construction Update

FRESNO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today released its Spring 2025 Construction Update highlighting progress on the nation’s first 220 mph high-speed rail system currently taking shape in the Central Valley.

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May 23, 2025

PHOTO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Completes Central Avenue Grade Separation Project in Fresno County

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today announced the completion of another high-speed rail grade separation in Fresno County. Central Avenue is now open to traffic and is the fourth high-speed rail structure to be completed this year.

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May 23, 2025

PHOTO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Opens Belmont Avenue Grade Separation in City of Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) continues toward progress, taking another step toward improving safety in the Central Valley with the opening of another grade separation. The Belmont Avenue Grade Separation in the City of Fresno is now open to vehicular and pedestrian traffic and is the third structure to be completed this year.

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