Brightline West and federal, state and local officials broke ground on the long-discussed high-speed rail system linking Las Vegas and Southern California.
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is expected to attend the ceremony for the Las Vegas-to-Southern California high-speed train system.
Contrary to social media rumors the Las Vegas Monorail remains on track to transport riders in the resort corridor well into the near future, according to tourism agency that owns it.
President Joe Biden officially announced $3 billion in federal funding for Brightline West’s $12 billion high-speed rail system today in Las Vegas.
It is expected that President Joe Biden will make an official announcement about the grant award Friday in Las Vegas.
A freshly erected fence with Brightline West advertising draped over it could signal that work on the long-discussed $12 billion project could soon get underway.
“It makes a bunch of sense,” LVCVA president and CEO Steve Hill said. “If you go out there now, traffic is better than it was before we built all this and that bridge is a big part of that.”
Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., is the latest Nevada politician to urge federal leaders to earmark nearly $4B in grants for the Las Vegas-to-Los Angeles high-speed rail project.
The federal grant could provide up to $3.75 billion to establish Brightline West’s passenger rail service.
About 45,000 people drove through the California-Nevada border on Interstate 15 every day last year, but some days and months are more of a nightmare.