SACRAMENTO – The high-speed rail authority does not appear to be slowing down with ideas on how to connect Burbank to Palmdale.
The California High-Speed Rail Blog, http://www.cahsrblog.com, on Wednesday outlined four different routes for the train’s Burbank-to-Palmdale path – three of which include long tunnels under various sections of the San Gabriel Mountains.
CHSRA planners are hoping to keep the local high-speed enterprise alive with options that provide more popular alternatives to the train traveling along Highway 14 through Acton and Santa Clarita.
Visualizing where the nearly $68-billion bullet train could end up traveling in the Antelope Valley, the high-speed rail authority proposed the following three alternatives to its default Highway 14 alignment option:
— First East Corridor Route (E1): As the westernmost option for the three East Corridor routes, this alternative includes a tunnel that branches off the San Fernando Road corridor near Whiteman Airport and goes under Pacoima as well as the mountains, emerging along the Metrolink tracks near Soledad Canyon.
— Second East Corridor Route (E2): This alternative features a tunnel under Burbank Airport that becomes a bridge across the Tujunga Wash, which becomes a tunnel again until it hits Soledad Canyon.
— Third East Corridor (E3): As the easternmost option, this route involves a tunnel from Burbank Airport to the Antelope Valley north of the Vincent Grade.
To view the details of each proposed bullet train path featured in separate videos, visit the CHSRA’s blog at http://www.cahsrblog.com.
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