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The California Department of Transportation (Department) prepared a Program Environmental Impact Report/Statement (EIR/EIS) for incremental improvements along the existing Los Angeles to San Diego rail corridor with the FRA, the federal lead agency...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is the lead federal agency for the environmental review of the DesertXpress High-Speed Passenger Train project, which was rebranded as the XpressWest project in 2012, and rebranded again in 2022 as the Brightline West – Las Vegas to Victor Valley Project...
Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) proposes to construct, own, and operate a new intermodal facility (IMF) known as the Birmingham Regional Intermodal Facility (BRIMF) to increase freight transportation capacity for the Birmingham, Alabama, region and to meet current and future demands for...
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) completed the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed replacement of the Connecticut River Bridge. The EA evaluates the potential effects on environmental,...
FRA is the lead federal agency and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is the joint-lead state agency for the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Chicago to St. Louis High-Speed Rail (HSR) Corridor Program. The EIS for the...
Pursuant to the Clean Air Act Section 176(c) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s implementing regulations (40 C.F.R Part 93, subpart B), FRA is also publishing a Draft Conformity Determination for public review and comment. The intent of the Clean Air Act’s General...
The Draft EIR/EIS presents the Project’s purpose and need, identifies all reasonable alternatives including track alignments, stations, and heavy maintenance facilities as well as the no action alternative, describes the affected environment, analyzes the potential...
The files are in Adobe Acrobat PDF Format which is available for download at no cost on the Internet. (Note: many of these files are very large and could take up to several minutes to download). Copies of the Merced to Fresno Final EIS/EIS are also available on CD...
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) proposes a high-speed rail system to provide a safe and reliable mode of travel that links major statewide metropolitan centers of California. The system would extend from Sacramento and the San...
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) proposes a train system capable of operating at speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour on a fully grade-separated track serving the major metropolitan centers of California. The system would...