DesertXpress High-Speed Rail Project – Apple Valley to California/Nevada Border Segment
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2020060540
- Public Agency
- California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT)
- Document Title
- DesertXpress High-Speed Rail Project – Apple Valley to California/Nevada Border Segment
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 6/24/2020
- Document Description
- The Secretary of the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) has delegated to the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) authority granted under Public Utility Code Section 7551.1 to execute a leasehold agreement with XpressWest, concerning State right-of-way which is not otherwise disposed of or in use, for its proposed privately funded high-speed passenger rail line between Apple Valley, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada, within the existing Interstate 15 alignment to the State line.
- Contact Information
-
Andrew M. Walters
California Department of Transportation
Lead/Public Agency
464 W 4th St
San Bernardino, CA 92401
Phone : (909) 383-2647
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California Department of Transportation
Project Applicant
Location
- Cities
- Apple Valley Barstow
- Counties
- San Bernardino
- Regions
- Unincorporated
- Other Location Info
- Between Apple Valley, California and the California-Nevada State Line Within the existing Interstate 15 (I-15) alignment (Post Mile 44.4/186.24).
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Statutory Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- 21080
- Reasons for Exemption
- Caltrans’’s action is limited to the execution of a Right of Way Use Agreement with XpressWest. This action to enter into a Right of Way Use Agreement concerning a portion of Interstate 15 rights-of-way for the construction, operation, and maintenance of passenger high-speed rail qualifies as a Statutory Exemption under Public Resources Code section 21080, subdivision (b)(10) as a project for the institution or increase of passenger or commuter services on rail or highway rights-of-way already in use, including modernization of existing stations and parking facilities.
Attachments
- Notice of Exemption
- 2020060540_Caltrans -XpressWest ROW Lease Agreement PDF 219 K Caltrans _XpressWest CEQA CE ROW Use Agreement PDF 220 K
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