ASSOCIATED PRESS: Residents from cities on the proposed route are wary of effect of the high-speed rail line.
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Residents from cities on the proposed route are wary of effect of the high-speed rail line.
There were complaints about potential harm to groundwater and home values, hints of lawsuits to come and indignation that the government wasn’t listening to the people it serves.
Many who testified urged the authority to tunnel through the area north of Los Angeles, leaving the community unscathed. The state is considering some options that include tunneling through the Angeles National Forest.
