Rail project from Vegas to Calif. clears hurdle | Recordnet.com
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RAIL PROJECT FROM VEGAS TO CALIF. CLEARS HURDLE
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A rail project that would connect Las Vegas and Southern California and could create tens of thousands of jobs is moving forward.
The federal department of transportation has formally finished reviewing the environmental impacts of the DesertXpress rail project and is giving planners the green light to proceed.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada announced the decision in a statement Tuesday.
A report from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas estimates the rail line would create more than 17,000 direct jobs and more than 16,000 indirect jobs in Clark County over a three-year period.
The line would run from Las Vegas to Victorville in Southern California. It would eventually connect to California's planned high-speed rail system.
About one-quarter of visitors to Las Vegas come from Southern California.
The San Joaquin Partnership is a non-profit, private-public economic development corporation assisting business & industry to locate into San Joaquin County, California, including the Cities of Escalon, Lathrop, Lodi, Manteca, Ripon, Stockton and Tracy. Location and expansion services are provided directly to the company and/or indirectly to their site consultant or real estate brokerage
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