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December 8, 2023

NEWS RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Supporters React to Grant Award News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Following the announcement earlier this week of nearly $3.1 billion from the Biden administration, the largest federal grant award received to date by the California High-Speed Rail Authority, elected officials and industry leaders applauded the news. Here are some of their statements on this historic milestone for the project: 

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December 5, 2023

NEWS RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Authority to Receive Record $3.1 Billion From Biden Administration

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In the single strongest show of federal support to date, the US Department of Transportation has awarded the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) nearly $3.1 billion in grant funding for continued progress on the country’s first electrified 220-mph high-speed rail system. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: In a show of support for the state’s vision, the Biden-Harris Administration is awarding the High-Speed Rail Authority $3.073 billion to advance construction in California’s Central Valley to achieve the project’s goal of clean, fast and affordable transportation from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

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November 22, 2023

VIDEO RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Authority Releases Fall 2023 Construction Update

FRESNO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) has released its Fall 2023 Construction Update highlighting continued progress on the nation’s first high-speed rail project, including 10 structures completed or opened to traffic this year and progress at various construction sites with a record 1,612 workers dispatched to job sites daily in November.

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November 17, 2023

NEWS RELEASE: California High-Speed Rail Partners with Labor on Operating Nation’s First High-Speed Rail Project

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) and 13 rail labor unions announced today that they have entered an agreement that ensures the hard-earned gains in federal labor laws will be applicable to the operations of the nation’s first high-speed rail project.

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November 16, 2023

NEWS RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Authority and Hollywood Burbank Airport Reach Settlement Agreement

BURBANK, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority and the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority have reached an agreement that dismisses the Airport Authority’s lawsuit regarding the high-speed rail project. The new agreement creates the framework for a collaborative process for the High-Speed Rail Authority to build a station with a direct connection to Hollywood Burbank Airport, seamlessly linking two high-speed modes of travel to efficiently move travelers throughout Southern California and beyond.

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November 15, 2023

NEWS RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Authority Opens Avenue 9 Overcrossing in Madera County to Traffic

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) announced today the Avenue 9 overcrossing located in Madera County is now open to traffic. The Avenue 9 overcrossing is the 10th high-speed rail structure this year to be completed or opened to traffic in the Central Valley. Designed and constructed by Tutor-Perini/Zachry/Parsons (TPZP), the Avenue 9 overcrossing is located just east of State Route 99. The overcrossing is 177 feet long, more than 66 feet wide, and will take traffic over the future high-speed rail tracks.

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November 11, 2023

VIDEO RELEASE: Veteran-Owned Small Business Grows Thanks to California High-Speed Rail

FRESNO, Calif. – In recognition of Veterans Day and those who have served in the military, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) has released a short video profiling Bancroft Construction Services, a Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Enterprise providing specialized environmental compliance consulting across Central Valley construction.

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November 2, 2023

NEWS RELEASE: High-Speed Rail Authority Completes Overcrossing at Kansas Avenue in Kings County

KINGS COUNTY, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) announced today the completion of the Kansas Avenue overcrossing, the ninth high-speed rail structure to be completed this year. The Kansas Avenue overcrossing in Kings County is now open to traffic.

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November 2, 2023

NEWS RELEASE: California High-Speed Rail Authority Moves Closer to Designing Track and Systems

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s Board of Directors today took another step toward bringing the nation’s first 220 mph electrified high-speed rail system into operational service. The Board approved the release of a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to industry for design services for track and overhead contact systems (OCS) for the initial 171-mile passenger service connecting Merced to Bakersfield.

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October 31, 2023

NEWS RELEASE: California High-Speed Rail Authority Releases 2023 Sustainability Report

SACRAMENTO, Calif. –The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today released its annual Sustainability Report: Building California’s Sustainable Future. The report, part of the Authority’s commitment to transparency and accountability, details the progress the high-speed rail project has made on its environmental goals in the last year as it builds the biggest, greenest infrastructure project in the nation.

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