How do you get more people to the gambling oasis in the desert? High speed rail between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Which entities are involved in the high speed rail project? XpressWest partnership with China Railway International
Foreign investment? Yes
What’s their high speed rail plan look like?
- $100 million in seed money, to “accelerate launch” of the line.
- The September 2016 target date to start construction
- the project’s environmental documents are already in order
- it goes through a lot of desert and most of Nevada is federal government land, so mimimal private property rights hurdles.
- XpressWest is talking about plans to open a manufacturing plant in Nevada, which opens up the possibility of federal loan funding based on American manufacturing
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