The effort to bring high-speed rail to the Bay Area marked a major milestone.
governing board approved the final environmental documents Thursday for the San Jose-to-San Francisco section, completing clearance of the project's Northern California leg.approved the environmental impact report and statement for the roughly 50-mile stretch, which will utilize the right-of-way currently used by Caltrain.
"If nothing else, what it does is it really prepares and moves this entire project forward towards construction, with of course a very important component of generating capital that's necessary to get the job done," board Chair Tom Richards said. "But for the state of California, it really provides the basis for a project that's ready to do just that.
The project was kick-started in 2008 when voters approved a $9.95 billion bond measure to support a high-speed rail network linking Northern and Southern California, which was initially projected to cost roughly $30 billion and be completed by 2030. Construction has steadily moved along in recent years, though, with a 119-mile stretch between Madera and Wasco in the Central Valley on track to be the project's first completed section in the next year.
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