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8/22/2022
The California High-Speed Rail Authority's board last week certified the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement for the 43-mile stretch between San Francisco and San Jose.
The action also extends environmental clearance to another 420 miles of the project's 500-mile alignment from San Francisco to Los Angeles/Anaheim.
"With environmental studies completed in Northern California, we are closer than ever to realizing a first-in-the-nation, statewide high-speed rail system," said CHSRA Chairman Tom Richards in a press release.
In approving the project section, the board selected Preferred Alternative A, which builds on the Caltrain electrification project and incorporates the infrastructure necessary to run high-speed rail service in the corridor.
The alternative plan includes new stations in San Francisco and Millbrae, a new light maintenance facility in Brisbane and regional safety and speed improvements.
The board's approval means the first-ever high-speed rail project in the United States is closer to becoming "shovel-ready" once funding for the final design, pre-construction and construction phases becomes available, CHSRA officials said.