The virtual open house will be held on Thursday, Oct. 22, and will be presented by CAHSR in English from 5:30 to 7 p.m., and in Spanish starting at 8 p.m..
Interested persons should log onto www.hsr.ca.gov on Thursday, Oct. 22.
The event will provide the community an opportunity to learn more about the modified alternatives, including the environmental review process and other proposed project features.
The Palmdale to Burbank project section has added three modified build alternatives, which reduce potential impacts to sensitive aquatic resources south of Palmdale, including Una Lake. A total of six alternatives will now be included in the environmental review, including the three original alternatives known as Refined SR14, E1 and E2, and the three modified alternatives known as SR14A, E1A, and E2A. The Preferred Alternative (PA) is now the SR14A alternative; the previous PA was the Refined SR14. The modified PA will avoid Una Lake and will be underground through the community of Acton, and within the Angeles National Forest and the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. All alignments south of Angeles National Forest remain unchanged.
“We encourage residents to join in on this community meeting for the latest updates on this important project that will have an enormous positive impact on Palmdale and the entire Antelope Valley,” said Palmdale’s Deputy City Manager Mike Behen.
About CAHSR Palmdale to Burbank
The Palmdale to Burbank Project Section is part of Phase 1 of the California High-Speed Rail System connecting the Antelope Valley to the San Fernando Valley, which will bring high-speed rail service to the urban Los Angeles area with a new modern rail line that dramatically reduces travel time between the Antelope Valley and the Los Angeles Basin.
This project section will connect two key population centers in Los Angeles County with multi-modal transportation hubs at the future Palmdale HSR Multi-modal Station and at the Hollywood Burbank Airport Station. These station locations will provide an additional link between the Antelope Valley, the Los Angeles Basin, the State, and the rest of the U.S. through eventual connections to the Burbank Airport and other high-speed trains.
Section Highlights
Upon completion, the Palmdale to Burbank Project Section will:
- Provide a new link between Central and Southern California and the statewide transportation network.
- Connect the future Palmdale HSR Multi-modal station to the Hollywood Burbank Airport Station with a 15 to 20-minute high-speed rail trip.
- Provide new opportunities for economic development and connections to many destinations and transportation options.
- Connect high-speed rail to the region via existing and planned Metrolink stations.
- Enhance performance and safety while reducing pollution by using next generation signaling technology (positive train control, intrusion barriers and warning system, earthquake early warning, and more).
- Provide connection opportunity in Palmdale for high-speed trains between Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
For more information, contact Deputy City Manager Mike Behen at 661-267-5337 or email mbehen@cityofpalmdale.org.
[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]
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Engineer says
What a waste of taxpayer dollars, metrolink is as fast as you’re going to go unless you bore a hole through the mountains.
Trains don’t go fast through curves and elevation changes. There will be far to many following any route like the freeway or metrolink.
Can’t wait to hear these grand plans.
Tom Martenez Ibew says
This High Speed Rail is the AV’s best option for job creation and economic development, vision with a purpose for our future.
Union Made says
If you believe that Tom? Why is your Union leadership so silent on this project?
AV Truth says
The Union leadership is silent because Rex and Marv told them to be silent.
Domeas Demarest says
LOL’z brave enough to call Tom our but to cowardly to use a real name.
Domeas Demarest says
*out.
Damn autocorrect