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4/29/2022
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has completed the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement and approved the 90-mile, San Jose-to-Merced project section in northern California.
The developments signal the completion of the environmental clearance for nearly 400 miles of the authority’s 500-mile Phase 1 alignment from San Francisco to Los Angeles/Anaheim, including a stretch between Merced and Palmdale, CHSRA officials said in a press release. The section between Burbank and Los Angeles was environmentally cleared in January.
The project section will connect existing construction in the Central Valley to San Jose’s Diridon Station, slashing travel time and improving mobility, authority officials said. The clearance also marks the first certification of a project section environmental document in the northern California region and first in the San Francisco Bay area.
“Completion of this critically important high-speed rail project helps the state expand economic opportunity and affordable housing, two critical goals for all of us,” said San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.
The authority’s board will consider certification for the final environmental document for the San Francisco-to San-Jose section in summer.