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   From: fritz@spamexpire-202601.rodent.frell.theremailer.net   
      
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   Los Angeles.   
      
   The California High-Speed Rail Authority is looking for public feedback   
   on a draft environmental document for the 30-mile segment connecting Los   
   Angeles and Anaheim.   
      
   The stretch between L.A.’s Union Station and Anaheim’s ARTIC station   
   would be the southernmost link of the first phase of the statewide   
   high-speed rail project that California voters approved $10 billion in   
   funding for in 2008.   
      
   Unlike northern portions of the rail project, where new track is under   
   construction, the southern segment would use the Los Angeles to Anaheim   
   rail corridor that currently exists, traveling through the cities of Los   
   Angeles, Vernon, Commerce, Bell, Montebello, Pico Rivera, Norwalk, Santa   
   Fe Springs, portions of unincorporated LA County, La Mirada, Buena Park,   
   Fullerton and Anaheim.   
      
   The California High-Speed Rail Authority, a state agency, is responsible   
   for bringing to life and operating the rail system that is envisioned to   
   include up to 24 stations and 800 miles at total build out to provide   
   faster transportation between the state’s most populated regions.   
      
   The authority plans to build in two phases. Phase 1 would connect San   
   Francisco to Los Angeles and Anaheim; it is estimated that travelers   
   would be able to make that commute in approximately 2 hours and 40   
   minutes or less.   
      
   “The release of this environmental document represents an important step   
   toward full environmental clearance for Phase I of the full 494-mile   
   statewide high-speed rail system between the Bay Area and Los   
   Angeles/Anaheim,” LaDonna DiCamillo, Southern California regional   
   director, said in a statement. “This marks a significant and important   
   milestone in connecting end-to-end from Southern California to Northern   
   California.”   
      
   Phase 2 plans to connect the Central Valley to Sacramento and to extend   
   the system south to San Diego.   
      
   The project, which for decades has grappled with ballooning costs and   
   delays, was planned for completion by 2020 at the cost of $45 billion   
   when it broke ground in 2015. That estimate that did not account for   
   inflation and, along with the 2020 deadline, was “expressly contingent   
   on full funding,” a spokesperson for the California High-Speed Rail   
   Authority said.   
      
   Project estimates are now between $89 billion and $128 billion, with   
   service expected to begin in 2032.   
      
   The Trump administration announced last year it was canceling more than   
   $4 billion in federal grants once designated for the project. Late last   
   week, California dropped a lawsuit challenging the administration’s   
   decision.   
      
   The California High-Speed Rail Authority, which filed the lawsuit in   
   July, said it plans to focus on other funding sources and to move   
   forward without federal funding.   
      
   The draft environmental document that was recently released outlines   
   alternatives for segments connecting Los Angeles to Anaheim for public   
   consideration.   
      
   The authority endorses a shared passenger track with a light maintenance   
   facility at 26th Street in Vernon. Alternative B proposes a double-ended   
   shared passenger track with a facility at 15th Street in Los Angeles.   
      
   The draft also evaluates an option for one “intermediate high-speed rail   
   station,” at either the existing Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Metrolink   
   Station or the Fullerton Metrolink/Amtrak Station.   
      
   A last option would be to forgo the project entirely.   
      
   The public comment period is open until Feb. 3.   
      
   There are remaining in-person meetings for public comment on Jan. 12 at   
   the Anaheim Brookhurst Community Center and on Jan. 22 at the Doubletree   
   by Hilton in Commerce.   
      
   An online public hearing will be held on Jan. 26, from 4 to 7 p.m, which   
   can be registered for at bit.ly/LA-APublicHearing.   
      
   Public comments can also be emailed to Los.Angeles_Anaheim@hsr.ca.gov   
   with the subject line “LA-Anaheim Draft EIR/EIS Comment” or by calling   
   877-669-0494.   
      
   Learn more at hsr.ca.gov.   
      
   https://www.ocregister.com/2026/01/08/public-can-comment-now-on-plans-for   
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