California rail officials want to tap remaining bond funds
By KATHLEEN RONAYNEFebruary 9, 2021 GMT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Officials in charge of California’s slow-going high-speed rail project want to tap $4.1 billion in bond money to finish ongoing construction in the Central Valley, completing a segment of track that is just a fraction of the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco line voters approved the money for in 2008.
Project leaders presented the latest change on how to pay for the project and what it will cost on Tuesday to the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s board of directors. The new use of bond money, if approved, would go toward finishing 119 miles of track in the Central Valley. The state now expects to finish that construction by 2023, a year delay from the last proposal.
Officials in charge of California's high-speed rail project want to tap $4.1 billion in bond money voters approved for a San Francisco-to-Los Angeles line to finish ongoing construction in the Central Valley.
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Residents of the town of Ripley had the opportunity to have many of their questions regarding the proposed South Ripley Solar and Storage Project answered at a virtual informational meeting held last week.
According to representatives from ConnectGen, the public meeting was held to “provide information to stakeholders, understand stakeholder interests, identify any additional stakeholders potentially affected by the South Ripley Solar & Storage Project, and solicit information from stakeholders during public outreach events.”
The webinar featured a host of experts who are involved with the project. The first part of the presentation covered several areas that will be part of the 94C application. 94C overhauls the state’s large-scale renewable siting process, replacing Article 10, which required solar projects to undergo a rigorous state permitting process.
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RIPLEY Residents of the town of Ripley had the opportunity to have many of their questions regarding the proposed South Ripley Solar and Storage Project answered at a virtual informational meeting held last week.
According to representatives from ConnectGen, the public meeting was held to “provide information to stakeholders, understand stakeholder interests, identify any additional stakeholders potentially affected by the South Ripley Solar & Storage Project, and solicit information from stakeholders during public outreach events.”
The webinar featured a host of experts who are involved with the project. The first part of the presentation covered several areas that will be part of the 94C application. 94C overhauls the state’s large-scale renewable siting process, replacing Article 10, which required solar projects to undergo a rigorous state permitting process.
Consultant for White River Junction company utters racial slurs during Vermont Senate meeting
Steven Gayle, a consultant with the Resource Systems Group, was fired after he twice used a racial epithet during a break in a legislative committee meeting on Wednesday.
Modified: 2/4/2021 9:55:11 PM
In a bizarre moment during a virtual meeting of the Vermont Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday, a consultant scheduled to testify uttered a racial slur twice, apparently unaware his microphone was on.
Though the incident was not immediately addressed in committee, video of it later circulated among legislators and Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint, D-Windham, called it “abhorrent.”