State revises proposed bullet train routes, but San Fernando Valley communities remain skeptical
By Ralph Vartabedian
LA Times
Mar. 17. 2016
The mountainous area above the Tujunga Wash in Sunland is one proposed route where engineers would bore a tunnel for the bullet train on the Palmdale to Burbank Alignment. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
"The California rail authority has proposed major bullet-train route changes that would put more of it underground as it crosses the San Fernando Valley, avoiding some of the impacts of above ground routes that have drawn strong protests.
High-Speed Rail Authority Chairman Dan Richard said Thursday the state is committed to mitigating the effects on low-income communities as a matter of "environmental justice."
After a public meeting held by the San Fernando Valley Council of Governments, it was clear that the new plan would continue to receive resistance from the communities, even though it would avoid bisecting neighborhoods in several cases..."
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