The Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, announced “support for the California High-Speed Rail Authority [CHSRA] and California Governor Jerry Brown’s budget proposal that would authorize funding for the state’s high-speed rail program, utilizing $300 million of cap and trade revenue.”
A “support statement” filed with the Surface Transportation Board by Fresno Works, dated Dec. 20, 2013, urges STB to “expeditiously grant the petition for exemption” for construction of high speed rail between Fresno, Calif., and Bakersfield, roughly 114 miles in length.
Opponents of California’s high speed rail project celebrated Thanksgiving early – and, some argued, prematurely – following a court ruling barring the issuance of more than $8 billion in state bonds to fund the project.
California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) officials are acknowledging that initial construction of the Golden State’s planned high speed rail system, to begin in the Central Valley, will not begin this fall.
Pasadena, Calif.-based Parsons Corp. expressed enthusiasm Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, over the contract executed by the California High-Speed Rail Authority with the Tutor Perini/Zachry/Parsons joint venture for the first segment of the the state’s 700-mile high speed rail system.
The California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has signed a $985.1 million design-build contract with a California-based joint venture of Tutor Perini, Zachry Construction, and Parsons for civil works on the first section of the state’s high speed rail network.
The Surface Transportation Board granted an exemption for construction of 65 miles of California high speed railroad right-of-way between Merced and Fresno, Calif., on Thursday, June 13, 2013.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has awarded a $985.1 million contract to a joint venture led by Sylmar, Calif.-based Tutor Perini to oversee construction of the first phase of the state high speed rail network. Work is scheduled to begin this summer.
The Surface Transportation Board late Thursday said it “has jurisdiction over the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s proposed construction of the California High-Speed Train System, including the approximately 65-mile section that it proposes to construct between Merced, California, and Fresno, California.”