High-Speed Rail Authority Issues Draft 2024 Business Plan for Public Review and Comment

February 9, 2024

加利福尼亞州薩克拉門托 –The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) today issued its draft 2024 Business Plan for public review and comment. The 2024 年業務計畫草案 reaffirms the Authority’s goal of advancing a clean, electrified high-speed rail in California.

The plan discusses major program progress in Northern California, the Central Valley and Southern California, as well as updates on federal funding, ridership and construction status.  It also maintains cost and schedules from the 2023 Project Update Report, released 11 months ago.

Highlights between the 2023 Project Update Report and this draft 2024 Business Plan include:

• The Authority was awarded $3.3 billion in new federal funds to advance the work on the initial operating segment between Merced and Bakersfield.
• The Authority is advancing necessary procurements to move the project from construction into operations, including purchasing electrified trains and designing the track and systems needed for passenger service.
• The first construction package (CP 4) covering 22.5 miles in the Central Valley reached substantial completion.
• The Authority’s construction jobs exceeded 12,200 in 2023 and set records for the number of daily workers on the job sites.
• The designs for the extensions to Merced and Bakersfield, as well as the four Central Valley stations, are on schedule, meeting contract milestones for 2023.

With the release of today’s draft business plan, the Authority Board of Directors will review the plan and seek input as part of a 60-day public comment period that starts today and closes at 5 p.m. on April 9. The Authority is providing the following options for submitting comments:

• Online comment form through the Draft 2024 Business Plan website at:https://127.0.0.1/2024-draft-business-plan-comment-form/
• 通過電子郵件： BusinessPlan2024@hsr.ca.gov
• 美國郵寄給管理局：
  加州高鐵管理局
  Attn: Draft 2024 Business Plan
  770 L街，1180套房
  加利福尼亞州薩克拉門托 95814
• Provide public comment at the upcoming Board of Directors Meeting within the public comment period virtually or in person on February 29, 2024 in Sacramento.

管理局已開始將目前正在建設的 119 英里長的電氣化高鐵從默塞德延伸至貝克斯菲爾德，未來將延長至 171 英里。

加州中央山谷有超過 25 個活躍的建築工地，管理局也對從灣區到洛杉磯縣的 422 英里高鐵項目進行了全面的環境清理。

以下鏈接包含最近的視頻、動畫、攝影、新聞中心資源和最新效果圖： https://hsra.app.box.com/s/vyvjv9hckwl1dk603ju15u07fdfir2q8

這些文件均可免費使用，由加州高速鐵路管理局提供。