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The California High-Speed Rail Authority contracted JV Partners to design and study routes through the southern Central Valley. JV Partners contracted Bender Rosenthal Inc. for right of way services including acquiring right of entry permits from property owners along the 197-mile study route from Fresno south to Palmdale.

Environmental reviews in process

Due to the large scope of the California High-Speed Rail project – the largest public infrastructure undertaking in the nation – the environmental review is being conducted in two parts: a statewide program-level report followed by a more specific project-level assessment of each of the nine sections of the system. Each project section is moving through this process at a different pace.