Watch: New alternatives to high-speed rail line in Calif. reduce impacts to sensitive aquatic resources

Written by RT&S Staff
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The California High-Speed Rail Authority has submitted new alternatives to Palmdale to Burbank route.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority has announced three new modified build alternatives have been added to the Palmdale to Burbank Project Section. The new routes will reduce potential impacts to sensitive aquatic resources south of Palmdale, Calif.

A total of six alternatives will now be included in the environmental review, including the three original alternatives known as Refined SR14, E1 and E2, and the three new modified alternatives known as SR14A, E1A and E2A.

The Preferred Alternative (PA) is now the SR14A alternative; the previous PA was the Refined SR14. The SR14A alternative will avoid Una Lake and will be underground through the community of Acton, Calif., and within the Angeles National Forest and the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.

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