Tag: bullet train

Roadbuilding

Major milestone cleared for Texas Bullet Train; Feds also approve Fla. rail plan

It’s full steam ahead for the Texas Bullet Train project – one of the largest civil projects in U.S. history – as well as another rail project in south Florida. On December 15, the Federal Railroad Administration released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the high-speed bullet train planned for Texas. Federal regulators not only outlined […]

December 18, 2017

Roadbuilding

Fluor, Lane contracted for privately-funded Texas bullet train, one of the largest civil projects in U.S. history

Texas Central, an investor-owned railroad company, has selected Fluor and The Lane Construction Corporation for the construction planning, cost estimates and other engineering activities of a bullet train linking Houston to the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. When complete, the train will make the 240-mile trip in 90 minutes with a midway stop in the Brazos […]

August 15, 2017

Business

At groundbreaking, California trades union head calls high-speed rail construction “greatest infrastructure project” in U.S. history

Despite years of controversy and wondering where the money to fund its construction would come from, ground was officially broken Tuesday on California’s first high-speed rail line in Fresno. Expected to be completed by 2029, trains on the $68 billion railroad will travel at speeds up to 200 miles per hour, spanning 520 miles from San Francisco […]

January 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

California’s high-speed rail likely to get $250 million from state budget

California’s high-speed rail project could get $250 million if the proposed state budget becomes law. The California State Assembly on Sunday approved a $156.4 billion budget plan for fiscal year 2015, which starts July 1, Reuters reports. The plan allocates $250 million for the state’s controversial high-speed rail project. The funding comes from a cap-and-trade […]

June 16, 2014