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October 17, 2014

California high court says $68B bullet train is a go

  • Demolition and engineering work has already begun around Fresno, one of the hubs on the first 28-mile stretch of high-speed rail.
    • By JULIET WILLIAMS
    Associated Press

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will forge ahead with plans to build the nation's first bullet train by buying land in the Central Valley and demolishing buildings in the path of the $68 billion rail line after the state Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal from opponents of the project.

    The California Supreme Court's decision Wednesday to reject an appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Gov. Jerry Brown's signature transportation project to proceed was another win for the beleaguered project that has suffered repeated legal setbacks.


     
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