(Source: Los Angeles Curbed, September 28, 2015)
LOS ANGELES — The California bullet train will be a $68-billion wonder of the world once it figures out the small problem of how exactly to get the trains out of Los Angeles. The High Speed Rail Authority has had trouble finding a route from Burbank to Palmdale that doesn’t ruffle feathers. In response to the intense public outcry over the 14 Freeway route, the Rail Authority announced last year it was looking into a possible tunnel option to cut through the San Gabriel Mountains, too, and they’ve since identified three potential routes for that tunnel. Now, the rail authority has asked the U.S. Forest Service for permission to conduct a few drilling tests in the northwest part of the Angeles National Forest to determine which of the tunnel routes are most feasible, reports the San Gabriel Valley Times.
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