CA High Speed Rail Segment from LA to San Diego

Mark Your Calendars to attend at least 1 of 5 San Diego Region Open Houses June 2011

The California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) will be holding Open Houses in San Diego & Escondido in June and we wanted you to be able attend to learn more about the plans, routes, environmental impacts, community impacts, property value impacts, quality of life impacts, wildlife & natural habitat impacts, cost to build/maintain/operate, cost to ride, etc. Your questions, comments & input at these meetings and to the CHSRA are highly recommended.

All of us who live along the I-15 Corridor and SR-56 need to be aware of the routes the Authority is proposing & impacts:

• routes and. alternative routes,

• elevated tracks & limited underground tunnels,

• train speeds of 150 – 200 mph,

• steel wheels on steel tracks,

• train frequencies (in each direction, approx. every 10 minutes),

• noise (good resource - http://www.calhsr.com/environmental-review/noise-pollution/),

• impacts on quality of life, community & natural habitat,

• private property issues: use of eminent domain to acquire property for system & property value impacts,

• costs to build/maintain/operate – public or private entity,

• cost to ride train, auxiliary services available for the traveler (parking, luggage support, security checkpoints),

• connections to additional transportation (taxis, other rail, bus service, car rental agencies, etc)

• natural disaster precautions - warnings to trains in case of earthquake, time allowed to slow down to avoid derailment

The Authority’s online materials: http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/lib_Los_Angeles_San_Diego.aspx 

*Routes & Alternative Routes “In-Progress Draft (Not for Construction) Los Angeles To San Diego“ http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/assets/0/152/256/261/f154a805-6665-498d-866d-a506a98a8126.pdf 

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