Description:
This action is for the supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative. In June 2014, the City of Bakersfield filed a lawsuit challenging the approval under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). As a result, the Authority and the City continued meeting in an effort to resolve the issues addressed by the litigation. In December 2014, the Authority and the City announced that they would study an alternative alignment and a high-speed rail station at F Street and that the City agreed to dismiss their CEQA lawsuit. On May 10, 2016, the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) Board of Directors identified the Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative, previously referred to as the Bakersfield F Street Station Alignment or BFSSA, as the Preliminary Preferred Alternative. The Locally Generated Alternative is a 23-mile corridor located between the cities of Shafter and Bakersfield in the Central Valley and has been developed in cooperation with the City of Bakersfield, the City of Shafter, and Kern County. CHSRA has issued a combined FEIS and ROD. Therefore, the 30-day wait/review period under NEPA does not apply to this action.
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