High Speed Rail to Las Vegas to Break Ground in Mid-2017

High Speed Rail to Las Vegas to Break Ground in Mid-2017

High Speed Rail to Las Vegas to Break Ground in Mid-2017 :According to Canyon News, a Los Angeles County weekly newspaper based in Beverly Hills, XpressWest, the company franchised to build a High Speed Rail (HSR) line linking Las Vegas and Los Angeles (the “Southwest Rail Network”), now plans to break ground in mid-2017.

Construction was originally expected to start in 2016, but in June 2016 the franchise released a statement explaining that it had terminated the partnership with China Railway International (CRI): “the decision to terminate the relationship was based primarily upon difficulties associated with timely performance and CRI’s challenges in obtaining required authority to proceed with required development activities.”

At the time Xinhua, the Chinese government’s news agency, cited a CRI manager as stating that the move was “precipitate” and “irresponsible” and the Chinese side would seek to defend its interests.

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