LAS VEGAS, NV. (Pain In The Pass) >> Brightline West just announced on Tuesday that more work will begin next week for the high-speed train that will connect Southern California to Las Vegas.
The schedule for initial “geotechnical borings and samplings, utility potholing and land surveying” shows crews could be in the median on Interstate 15 weather permitting. Field work began in the first week of February. Now, short-term closures of freeway shoulders will be required as work proceeds.
U.S. Department of Transportation announcements in January showed Brightline West had passed the halfway mark for financing the $12 billion project. Private activity bonds totaling $2.5 billion were approved for the fully electric trains that are expected to run down the I-15 median from Las Vegas down the Cajon Pass to Rancho Cucamonga, that’s about 45 miles from downtown Los Angeles.
Photo byBrightline West
Officials said work will take place primarily during daytime hours, with some work at night to minimize disruption to traffic.