Posted on 10/24/2015 6:57:47 PM PDT by BAW
he monumental task of building California's bullet train will require punching 36 miles of tunnels through the geologically complex mountains north of Los Angeles.
Crews will have to cross the tectonic boundary that separates the North American and Pacific plates, boring through a jumble of fractured rock formations and a maze of earthquake faults, some of which are not mapped.
It will be the most ambitious tunneling project in the nation's history.
State officials say the tunnels will be finished by 2022 — along with 300 miles of track, dozens of bridges or viaducts, high-voltage electrical systems, a maintenance plant and as many as six stations. Doing so will meet a commitment to begin carrying passengers between Burbank and Merced in the first phase of the $68-billion high-speed rail link between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
However, a Times analysis of project documents, as well as interviews with scientists, engineers and construction experts, indicates that the deadline and budget targets will almost certainly be missed — and that the state has underestimated the challenges ahead, particularly completing the tunneling on time.
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BINGO! A pipeline from the northern rivers dumping millions of gallons of fresh water into the ocean every hour would pay for itself many times over.
Mr and Mrs Feinstein say thanks.
Maybe they will be bullet buses. I think a later phase of the project goes to San Jose and terminates at the CalTrain station in SF. That’s a long ways in the future, though.
The Wright brothers are spinning in their graves in sync with the founding fathers. There’s a whole lot of shakin’ going on.
If by likely they mean inevitabley, guaranteed, positively, inescapably, assuredly, predestined...........
Maybe they could find shortcuts to save money. Use the experience of Seattle with Bertha. /sar
Got to have bullet trains to get from one “Region” to the other, The Wildlands Project was finally completed so over 75% of the land is now off limits and of course to get the Participants to The Hunger Games on time.
The future is on the way.
Wonder where choo-choo Willie is in all of that?
He MUST be involved in the planning!
They won’t allow tracking for fear of causing earthquakes but they are building huge tunnels through fault lines?
It’s highly unlikely this thing will actually be completed as California is much more likely to go bankrupt before then.
Look at how the bay bridge project went.
Terminate being o key word. This money pit will never get near completion
Ain't that where the Johnny Carson show is?
The DemonRats never saw a bloated budget-busting train project that they didn’t like.
No joke, Captain Obvious approves of this article.
I ain’t riding the dang thing, period. Let the bond holders go suck mud.
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