(Source: Los Angeles Times, June 16, 2014)
LOS ANGELES — Crews in Central California have started construction on the first visible piece of the state’s $68-billion bullet-train system from Los Angeles to San Francisco, officials said on June 15. A viaduct in Madera County that spans the Fresno River is part of the first slate of construction projects for the state’s long-planned bullet train, which has faced years of political, legal and funding challenges.
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