DesertXpress gets engineering green light
Written by jrood
The Department of Transportation has issued its Record of Decision for the DesertXpress Project in Nevada. With the completion of this comprehensive review of environmental impacts, DesertXpress will be able to continue to work on their proposal. "Today's announcement is about one thing: creating good paying jobs right here in Nevada," said Nevada Senator Harry Reid. "This major step forward for the privately-sponsored DesertXpress Project will create more than 32,000 jobs in southern Nevada and boost our economy by providing another way for tourists to visit and enjoy this great state." The DesertXpress Project would produce an estimated 17,469 primary jobs and 16,432 secondary jobs in Clark County over three years by 2013 and will connect Las Vegas to Victorville in Southern California and, later the California high-speed rail system.
