[plutonicpanda]

Originally Posted by 202_Cyclist

Look at this! Investing in modern, efficient, sustainable transportation is creating good construction jobs here in the U.S. It is unfortunate that there are some who'd rather have people sit at home, unemployed, than invest in modern infrastructure.

Work starts soon on high-speed rail trench into downtown Fresno

BY TIM SHEEHAN
Fresno bee
June 27, 2016

"Motorists on Highway 180 through downtown Fresno will start seeing the effects of high-speed rail construction in July as crews begin building a trench that will take the bullet-train tracks beneath the freeway.

The 40-foot-deep trench is the first underground construction for California’s high-speed train system. The two-mile long trench, from Roeding Park to about Stanislaus Street in downtown Fresno, will go under the freeway as well as a San Joaquin Valley Railroad line and an irrigation canal.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority reports that the initial work will include improvements to the shoulders of Highway 180 between G and H streets..."

http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/...e86262842.html

Modern? lol these things were being built back in the 60s.