A critical 90-mile section of California’s high-speed rail extending the system from the Central Valley into the San Francisco Bay Area has been unanimously approved by the High-Speed Rail (HSR) Authority Board of Directors.
The Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the San Jose to Merced project section in Northern California was approved by the board on April 28. The action completes the environmental clearance for nearly 400 miles of its entire 500-mile Phase 1 alignment from San Francisco to Los Angeles/Anaheim.