However, Brightline West President Sarah Watterson said the company was prepared financially to begin construction in the second quarter of 2021. This means construction is supposed to start at some point between now and June 30.<\/p>\n
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Reininger would not give the newspaper an exact date on when construction will start. But he said the financial markets are \u201cdramatically different\u201d now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThe stock market is doing incredibly\u00a0well,\u00a0people are optimistic about a massive rebound in the economy, jobs are\u00a0heading in the right direction,\u201d he said. \u201cThat gives us confidence about our ability to keep the project on track.”<\/p>\n
Amtrak\u2019s Plans<\/h2>\n
In a recent development, Amtrak released a map showing where it would provide expanded service if Congress approves President Joe Biden\u2019s proposed additional $80 billion for the traditional rail service. The map includes a line from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
Brightline\u2019s Reininger told the newspaper he welcomes both services, but believes his company\u2019s will be \u201csuperior.\u201d<\/p>\n
“Everything and anything that gets Americans thinking about, talking about, and changing their habits towards trains as an acceptable and desirable mode of transportation, we are fervent fans of,” he said.<\/p>\n
\u2018Get Moving\u2019<\/h2>\n
Longtime Las Vegas residents have been skeptical for years that a high-speed train from the Los Angeles area to Las Vegas will be built.<\/p>\n
The Los Angeles metropolitan area is at least four hours away from Las Vegas by car. A long-standing challenge for Southern Nevada tourism officials has been to speed up that trip with rail service. However, the plans have never materialized.<\/p>\n
Late last year, KSNV-TV<\/i> reporter Tom Hawley said during a broadcast that it is \u201cnot exactly new\u201d in Las Vegas to learn that a high-speed train plan has fallen apart.<\/p>\n\n\u00a0<\/span>We\u2019ve been hearing variations going back three-and-a-half decades,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nIn the comments section of an earlier Casino.org<\/i> story, a reader identified as CJ wrote, \u201cStop the talk and get it together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Biden said in February that if the US doesn\u2019t \u201cget moving\u201d on high-speed rail projects, China is going to \u201ceat our lunch<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The company aiming to build a high-speed train track from Southern California to Las Vegas still plans to break ground this spring, officials say. Meanwhile, Amtrak is looking to open a similar route. Brightline West CEO Mike Reininger said the high-speed train remains a \u201cvery high priority\u201d for the company, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":170295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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