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Associated Press
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Officials in charge of California s 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 – to the California High-Speed Rail Authority s board of directors. The new use of bond money, if approved, would go toward finishing 119 mi. of track in the Central Valley. The state now expects to finish that construction by 2023, a year delay from the last proposal.
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.
For Immediate Release, February 8, 2021
Contact:
Lisa Belenky, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 385-5694, lbelenky@biologicaldiversity.org
Jana Sokale, Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge, (510) 229-7550, janaslc@aol.com
Appeal Challenges Housing Development on Restorable San Francisco Bay Wetlands
469-unit Luxury Development Threatens Wildlife, Sits in FEMA Flood Zone
NEWARK
, Calif. The Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a legal appeal today challenging the approval of the “Sanctuary West” housing development that would fill restorable San Francisco Bay wetlands and construct 469 luxury housing units in a Federal Emergency Management Agency flood zone.
The groups said the city of Newark failed to study the environmental harm of filling restorable Bay wetlands adjacent to a national wildlife refuge. The threat of rapidly increasing sea-level rise creates an urgent need for protect