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20 years later...Public can comment now on plans for 30 mile high speed rail segment from Los Angeles to Anaheim

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No question Democrats are stupid.  Nobody in their right mind wants to work in Los Angeles.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority is looking for public feedback
on a draft environmental document for the 30-mile segment connecting Los
Angeles and Anaheim. 

The stretch between L.A.’s Union Station and Anaheim’s ARTIC station
would be the southernmost link of the first phase of the statewide
high-speed rail project that California voters approved $10 billion in
funding for in 2008. 

Unlike northern portions of the rail project, where new track is under
construction, the southern segment would use the Los Angeles to Anaheim
rail corridor that currently exists, traveling through the cities of Los
Angeles, Vernon, Commerce, Bell, Montebello, Pico Rivera, Norwalk, Santa
Fe Springs, portions of unincorporated LA County, La Mirada, Buena Park,
Fullerton and Anaheim. 

The California High-Speed Rail Authority, a state agency, is responsible
for bringing to life and operating the rail system that is envisioned to
include up to 24 stations and 800 miles at total build out to provide
faster transportation between the state’s most populated regions. 

The authority plans to build in two phases. Phase 1 would connect San
Francisco to Los Angeles and Anaheim; it is estimated that travelers
would be able to make that commute in approximately 2 hours and 40
minutes or less. 

“The release of this environmental document represents an important step
toward full environmental clearance for Phase I of the full 494-mile
statewide high-speed rail system between the Bay Area and Los
Angeles/Anaheim,” LaDonna DiCamillo, Southern California regional
director, said in a statement. “This marks a significant and important
milestone in connecting end-to-end from Southern California to Northern
California.” 

Phase 2 plans to connect the Central Valley to Sacramento and to extend
the system south to San Diego. 

The project, which for decades has grappled with ballooning costs and
delays, was planned for completion by 2020 at the cost of $45 billion
when it broke ground in 2015. That estimate that did not account for
inflation and, along with the 2020 deadline, was “expressly contingent
on full funding,” a spokesperson for the California High-Speed Rail
Authority said. 

Project estimates are now between $89 billion and $128 billion, with
service expected to begin in 2032. 

The Trump administration announced last year it was canceling more than
$4 billion in federal grants once designated for the project. Late last
week, California dropped a lawsuit challenging the administration’s
decision. 

The California High-Speed Rail Authority, which filed the lawsuit in
July, said it plans to focus on other funding sources and to move
forward without federal funding. 

The draft environmental document that was recently released outlines
alternatives for segments connecting Los Angeles to Anaheim for public
consideration. 

The authority endorses a shared passenger track with a light maintenance
facility at 26th Street in Vernon. Alternative B proposes a double-ended
shared passenger track with a facility at 15th Street in Los Angeles. 

The draft also evaluates an option for one “intermediate high-speed rail
station,” at either the existing Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Metrolink
Station or the Fullerton Metrolink/Amtrak Station. 

A last option would be to forgo the project entirely.

The public comment period is open until Feb. 3.

There are remaining in-person meetings for public comment on Jan. 12 at
the Anaheim Brookhurst Community Center and on Jan. 22 at the Doubletree
by Hilton in Commerce. 

An online public hearing will be held on Jan. 26, from 4 to 7 p.m, which
can be registered for at bit.ly/LA-APublicHearing. 

Public comments can also be emailed to Los.Angeles_Anaheim@hsr.ca.gov
with the subject line “LA-Anaheim Draft EIR/EIS Comment” or by calling
877-669-0494. 

Learn more at hsr.ca.gov.

https://www.ocregister.com/2026/01/08/public-can-comment-now-on-plans-for
-high-speed-rail-segment-from-los-angeles-to-anaheim/ 

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