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Old Posted Oct 19, 2016, 5:04 PM
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Fresno construction

I am going to re-post these photos since it seems like they got lost with the discussion above.

HIGH-SPEED RAIL PROJECT BRINGING BIG CHANGES TO FRESNO COUNTY AS CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES

By Dale Yurong
Tuesday, October 18, 2016

"FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Work is well underway on the two-mile long Fresno trench which will take High-Speed Rail trains 45 feet underground and then through a highway 180 passageway. Crews are shoring up shoulder support for the project which will require a significant lane shift on 180-- possibly within a month.

"Well, what you're going to notice is a reconfiguration of the traffic patterns. So we are shifting one lane of the west bound traffic to the east bound lane," said Diana Gomez, HSR Regional Director.

Gomez is the Central Valley Regional Director for the California High-Speed Rail Authority..."

http://abc30.com/society/high-speed-...inues/1561470/


One of my friends who works for Parsons Brinckerhoff took these photos of high speed rail construction in Fresno. This important investment in efficient, modern, infrastructure is creating good jobs an will help encourage infill development in cities like Fresno.









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