“They might not be visible, but reassured that work is happening across all the 119 miles.”Ĭalifornia’s high-speed rail project is the first of its kind in the nation – but it is taking longer than expected. To those who suggest that work is not being done, Blancas says progress is moving forward – even if you cannot see it. The Central Valley construction zone is 119 miles long and has a number of visible projects under construction, including the San Joaquin River Viaduct (on Highway 99 on the border between Fresno County and Madera County) and the Cedar Viaduct (on Highway 99 and Cedar Avenue, south of Fresno).īlancas says the project has so far provided 8,000 construction jobs since work on the high-speed rail began. The Central Valley section of the high-speed rail effort is the first part of the multi-phase endeavor. We dispatch about a thousand workers each and every day onto those sites.” “At this moment we have about 35 active construction sites here in the Central Valley.
“I’ll push back on the ‘less action’ because progress hasn’t stopped, even in the midst of the pandemic,” said the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s Augie Blancas. Seven years, one governor and two Fresno mayors later, high-speed trains are yet to run.īut those working for the California High-Speed Rail Authority say progress is being made. ( KSEE/KGPE) – The groundbreaking for California’s high-speed rail system was in Fresno in 2015 when then-Governor Jerry Brown and then-Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin officially started the construction on the project. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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