NEWS RELEASE: California High-Speed Rail Authority thov rau $450 lab Los ntawm Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Ua Ntej Kev Tsim Kho Rau Merced thiab nqis peev hauv Kev Ua Haujlwm

Peb Hlis 28, 2024

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -California High-Speed Rail Authority (Tsoomfwv) tab tom thov rau tsoomfwv cov peev nyiaj tshiab los txhim kho kev tsim kho thiab ua kom muaj kev txhim kho kev nyab xeeb tseem ceeb ntawm Madera thiab Merced raws sab qaum teb ntawm txoj kab tsheb ciav hlau hauv Central Valley.

“California txoj kev hloov tsheb ciav hlau ceev yuav txuas ntxiv txhim kho cov zej zog uas nws ua haujlwm. Cov peev nyiaj tseem ceeb no yuav pab tsim thawj feem ntawm qhov phiaj xwm Merced txuas ntxiv thiab txhawb nqa txoj haujlwm thiab kev lag luam me thaum txhim kho kev lag luam thiab txhim kho kev txav mus los. " - Brian Kelly, California High Speed Rail Authority CEO

Cov nyiaj pab rau $450 lab yuav pab tau rau Lub Tuam Txhab kom nce kev tsim kho mus rau lub nroog Merced, ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm kev tsheb ciav hlau ceev 171-mais Merced rau Bakersfield Central Valley ntu. Ntawm $450 lab thov rau, $446 tau thov los ntawm Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Railroad Administration's FY23 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program yuav muab nyiaj ua haujlwm los txuas ntxiv rau Madera rau Merced ntu. Cov khoom plig yuav tsum tau tshaj tawm lub caij nplooj zeeg no.

Yog tias tau txais txiaj ntsig, qhov kev thov no yuav ua rau Merced txuas ntxiv los ntawm:

• Tsim yim mais ntawm qhov txuas ntxiv los ntawm Madera mus rau Merced.
• Hloov cov khoom siv hluav taws xob; nce kev tsim kho pej xeem thiab kev taug qab thiab cov kab ke uas yuav txuas nrog 119-mais Central Valley ntu twb tau tsim kho.

Lwm cov nqi rau qhov project qhov kawg tsim thiab txoj cai tau txais yog tau txais nyiaj pab nyob rau hauv ib feem ntawm lub Cov ntaub ntawv $3.1 billion Tsoom Fwv-xeev Kev Koom Tes Sib Koom Tes rau Kev Sib Tham Sib Tham Kev Sib Tham Rail Program tau txais txiaj ntsig hauv 2023. Qhov seem $4 lab tau thov rau yuav nthuav dav cov kev qhia ua haujlwm rau cov tub ntxhais kawm tsis tau txais kev pab hauv Central Valley los ntawm kev koom tes nrog Fresno State thiab tseem yuav pab nyiaj ntxiv rau Central Valley Training Center hauv Selma (Fresno County),  uas los txog niaj hnub no tau kawm tiav 12 pawg thiab 196 cov tub ntxhais kawm uas nrhiav haujlwm hauv kev lag luam hauv tsev txij li xyoo 2020.

John Gregory Green, PhD, tus kws qhia ntawv rau Department of Civil & Geomatics Engineering ntawm Fresno State University tau hais tias "Tsim cov ntaub ntawv kawm thiab kev kawm hauv kev lag luam tsheb ciav hlau ntawm no hauv Central Valley qhov chaw ua haujlwm yog qhov yeej-yeej". "Cov kev pab cuam zoo li qhov peb tab tom tsim muab cov ntaub ntawv tsim nyog thiab kev txawj ntse uas xav tau rau tiam tom ntej no kom muaj kev vam meej, nqa txoj haujlwm tseem ceeb thiab txiaj ntsig nyiaj txiag rau cov zej zog tsis zoo hauv cheeb tsam."

Chuck Riojas, Tus Thawj Coj Thawj Coj ntawm Fresno, Madera, Tulare, Kings Building Trades Council hais tias "Cov nyiaj no yog xav tau los npaj cov tub lag luam thiab cov poj niam tom ntej rau kev ua haujlwm ntawm txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau ceev thiab lwm yam haujlwm zoo sib xws." "Kev nqis peev hauv kev ua neej nyob-nyiaj ua haujlwm yog kev nqis peev rau tib neeg thiab tsev neeg uas lawv txhawb nqa. Nws coj ob qho tib si tam sim ntawd thiab mus sij hawm ntev nyiaj txiag txiaj rau peb cheeb tsam. "

Txoj haujlwm kev tsheb ciav hlau ceev hauv California ua raws li tsoomfwv tseem ceeb ntawm kev ncaj ncees, kev nyab xeeb, kev ruaj khov, kev nyab xeeb, thiab kev hloov pauv, muab kev pabcuam hauv cov zej zog tsis zoo thiab nqa cov txiaj ntsig rau thaj chaw uas muaj kev cuam tshuam - tag nrho raws li cov Biden-Harris Administration's Justice40 teg num.

Txij li thaum pib tsim kho, Lub Tuam Txhab tau tsim ntau dua 13,000 txoj haujlwm tsim kho, feem ntau yog mus rau cov neeg nyob hauv Central Valley. Ntau tshaj 70% ntawm cov haujlwm tsim rov qab mus rau cov neeg nyob hauv Central Valley. Qhov nruab nrab, ze li ntawm 1,500 tus neeg raug xa tawm txhua hnub mus rau qhov chaw ua haujlwm siab ceev.

"Nrog kev ua haujlwm tau zoo nyob hauv Central Valley thiab thoob plaws lub xeev, kev kub ceev yuav txhim kho kev noj qab haus huv, kev nyab xeeb, kev nkag mus, kev sib txuas, thiab kev lag luam tseem ceeb ntawm peb cheeb tsam," said Matthew Serratto, lub nroog Merced tus kav nroog. "Peb tab tom ua haujlwm ua ke nrog Lub Xeev California los ua kom Merced yog ib lub chaw mus ncig hauv cheeb tsam."

Lub Tuam Txhab tau pib ua haujlwm los txuas ntxiv 119 mais tam sim no tab tom tsim kho mus rau 171 mais ntawm kev siv hluav taws xob yav tom ntej kev kub ceev los ntawm Merced mus rau Bakersfield. Tam sim no muaj ntau dua 25 qhov chaw tsim kho nyob hauv hav, nrog Lub Tuam Txhab kuj tseem muaj ib puag ncig tshem tawm 422 mais ntawm txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau ceev los ntawm Bay Area mus rau Los Angeles County. Rau qhov tseeb ntawm kev tsim kho tsheb ciav hlau ceev, mus saib www.buildhsr.com.

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Cov ntaub ntawv no yog txhua yam muaj rau kev siv dawb, kev lees paub los ntawm California High-Speed Rail Authority.