The California High Speed Rail Authority announced it has completed the Cesar Chavez Boulevard underpass grade separation project.
The project, less than a mile from the future Fresno Station site, now connects downtown Fresno to southwest Fresno and Chinatown, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions in an historically disadvantaged and polluted area.
“Completing this grade separation is a major milestone that improves pedestrian and vehicular safety within the city of Fresno, while keeping us on track for the next phase of construction. With construction of the remaining guideway — or riding surface — progressing, we’re moving closer to laying high-speed rail track this year,” Ed Fenn, Chief of Construction for the Authority said…