Items Tagged with 'California High-Speed Rail Authority'

The California High-Speed Rail Authority is suing the U.S. Dept. of Transportation to recover terminated grant funds.

The grants would have supported projects related to California's high-speed rail, including work to improve safety.

Calif. High-Speed Rail Authority's complaint seeks to stop the Trump administration's efforts to terminate the project's federal funding.

While charging that the federal funding revocation is illegal, California officials are exploring public-private partnerships and allocating additional state funds to keep the project moving.

High-speed and intercity rail advocates gathered at the American Public Transportation Association rail conference looking to advance major capital projects.

Officials with the California High-Speed Rail authority refute criticisms of the project that underpin the Federal Railroad Authority's decision to terminate $4B in previously awarded grants to the project.

Federal Railroad Administration officials are skeptical that the state can complete an early operating rail segment by 2033 as set in a grant agreement.

Feds will initiate a compliance review of funding, officials say.

The 38-mile section is planned to have nearly 28 miles of tunnels.

The grant awards include $3.1 billion for the California High-Speed Rail Authority and $3 billion for the Brightline West linking Southern California to Las Vegas.