California High-Speed Rail Authority and Federal Railroad Administration officials have extended the period for public comment for the next week.
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“In its continued efforts to ensure comprehensive agency and public participation, the comment period has been extended to Friday, Sept. 12,” according to the news release. “The extension is a result of stakeholder interest, time extension requests and the Authority’s commitment to engagement with both agencies and the public during the advancement of these important high-speed rail project sections.”
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The Authority and FRA published Notices of Preparation and Notices of Intent for the receipt of comments for the preparation of the environmental documents regarding the Palmdale to burbank and Burbank to Los Angeles sections on July 24, according to officials.
“We appreciate those who have already submitted comments, and encourage those who have not yet commented to do so during this extended period,” according to the news release. “As always, public comments about these project sections and their environmental documentation are welcome at any time and will be considered in development of the project section studies.”
The next Authority board meeting is set for Sept. 16 at the Palmdale City Council Chamber at 9 a.m.
Comments can be submitted by:
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Electronic Mail:
Place name of Project Section in subject line:
Palmdale to Burbank: palmdale_burbank@hsr.ca.gov
Burbank to Los Angeles: burbank_los.angeles@hsr.ca.govv -
Phone:
(800) 630-1039 -
Mail:
Mark A. McLoughlin, Director of Environmental
Services
ATTN: (Specify which Project Section)
California High-Speed Rail Authority
Southern California Regional Office
700 N Alameda, Room 3-532
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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The California high-speed rail expected to connect major cities across the state including Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area, the Central Valley, Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, Orange County and San Diego.
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The California High-Speed Rail Authority is responsible for planning, designing, building and operation of the first high-speed rail system in the nation.
The High-Speed Train will feature electric trains capable of operating at speeds of 200 miles per hour or greater, guaranteed maximum travel times between major destinations, and achievable operating headway, the time between successive trains, of five minutes or less.
By 2029, the system is planned to run from San Francisco to the Los Angeles basin in under three hours.
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hehere are my issues with the train coming thru my neighborhood: #1the noise #2 the vibration from the train would be very disrupting #3the water and our septic community this would be so costly to our community #4 health problems: this train could spread vally fever cause of the disruption of the soil #5 our horse community: horses are very sensitive of any vibration and noise it could be vary dangerous to our riders #6 little tujunga canyon road would become a industrial highway #7wildlife: would be destroyed with this train #8 our many fault lines that run thru here would be disrupted and who knows what would happen rgen!!!!!!!!!!!! i feel this would distroy our community so please dont let this happen here theres plenty of other places that this could be done at that wouldnt effect like it would here thank you a angry citizen