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Planners OK tract map to subdivide lot

LANCASTER — The Lancaster Planning Commission approved a tentative tract map to subdivide approximately 18.5 acres at the northwest corner of Avenue K and 40th Street West into 68 lots — 67 single-family residential lots and one common area lot.

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California High-Speed Rail has created 13K labor jobs

California’s most ambitious public works program has created thousands of new labor jobs, according to a status update from the California High-Speed Rail Authority. The bullet train project which aims to connect the Bay Area with the Los Angeles Basin has created 13,000 labor jobs since construction began in 2015, the vast majority of which have come in the last five years.

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County gives $500K for proposed transportation project

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced Wednesday she has given $500,000 from Fifth District discretionary funding to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) to advance planning and project development activities for the proposed Center for Transportation Technology Excellence project. The center would be the first of its kind in the United States, a 2-million square foot facility for rail car and bus manufacturing, testing, research and development. The center also has the potential to generate $11.5 billion in economic returns and over 114,300 direct and indirect jobs, according to the American Public Transportation Association.

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Lancaster approves tract map for new subdivision

LANCASTER — The Lancaster Planning Commission approved a tentative tract map for a proposed subdivision of 73 single family residential lots on about 20 acres at the northwest corner of Avenue K and 65th Street West.

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SoCal-to-Vegas rail project to get another $2.5 billion

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the approval Tuesday of $2.5 billion in private activity bonds allocated toward the Brightline West high-speed rail project connecting Southern California to Las Vegas. The new funding follows an award of $1 billion in private activity bonds to Brightline West in 2020 and a $3 billion federal grant announced in December.

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BYD closer to manufacturing facility

LANCASTER — A proposed 630,000 square-foot BYD electric school bus manufacturing facility took another step toward reality last month when the City Council unanimously approved a General Plan amendment to change the land use designation.

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2 residential projects set for vacant lot

LANCASTER — An approximately 20-acre vacant lot at the northeast corner of 30th Street West and Lancaster Boulevard will be transformed into two proposed residential projects — a 96-unit townhouse community and a 324-unit apartment complex — under a tentative parcel map approved by the Lancaster Planning Commission.

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Bullet train to Vegas could serve as ‘economic catalyst’ for Inland Empire

Inland Empire officials are touting the Brightline West bullet train project linking Southern Nevada and Southern California as a “catalyst” for the region’s economy. Officials from the City of Rancho Cucamonga, Metrolink, Omnitrans and others gathered Monday at Cucamonga Station – the southernmost terminus for the train – to give further details about the project, which is expected to break ground in 2024. “This will support an estimated 11,000 jobs for construction of the high-speed rail line,” Rancho Cucamonga Assistant City Manager Elisa Cox said. “This is just a piece of the much larger collaborative effort to make the Inland Empire a global connection point.” Connecting Las Vegas and Southern California by high-speed rail will create tens of thousands of good-paying union jobs, boost our Southern Nevada tourism economy, and finally help us cut down on I-15 traffic,” said Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto after Biden’s announcement. Cortez Masto says the project could eliminate about 3 million cars from Interstate 15 every year, while creating about 35,000 “good-paying union jobs.” White House officials say should be finished in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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Biden administration pledges $6 billion to a pair of high-speed electric rail routes in the US West

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday said it will give more than $6 billion to a pair of high-speed electric rail routes in the U.S. West, injecting new life into long-stalled projects hailed by supporters as the future of public transportation but bemoaned by critics for their high price tags and lengthy construction times. U.S. senators from California and Nevada said the federal government will give $3 billion for a planned privately-owned route between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area plus another $3.1 billion for an initial segment of California’s publicly-funded effort to eventually connect Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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Metrolink adding service to Antelope Valley next month

PALMDALE — Antelope Valley Metrolink riders will have more options for trips starting next month after the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors on Thursday approved $1.6 million for increased weekday and weekend service and armed security services for late night trains.

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Palmdale planners OK pair of projects

PALMDALE — The Palmdale Planning Commission approved two development projects on Thursday, one industrial and the other commercial retail. The industrial project approved is for a 380,000 square-foot industrial building on Eighth Street East, just south of Rancho Vista Boulevard (Avenue P). The 18.1-acre site is surrounded by vacant parcels on three sides and the Union Pacific railroad tracks and Sierra Highway on the fourth.

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Bakersfield to Palmdale Project

California High-Speed Rail Authority Bakersfield to Palmdale Project Section.

Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement.

Appendix 3.13-B: Station Planning, Land Use, and Development Figures

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New commercial development planned for East Palmdale

PALMDALE – A new commercial center will be constructed on the corner of Avenue S and 40th St East, and it will include a Chick-fil-A, a Mister Car Wash and other popular retailers, Palmdale city officials announced.

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Second Chick-fil-A coming to Palmdale

PALMDALE — Permits for a trio of drive-thru businesses, including Palmdale’s second Chick-fil-A restaurant, on the northeast corner of 40th Street East and Avenue S were approved by the Planning Commission on Thursday.

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Virgin Galactic succeeds on 1st flight in 2 years

Virgin Galactic successfully returned to suborbital space on Thursday morning with its first flight in nearly two years, setting the stage for its first commercial mission, planned for next month. The Mojave-built spacecraft Unity, carrying four Virgin Galactic employees as crew members in addition to two pilots, rocketed to 54.2 miles in altitude during the brief flight.

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Planners to discuss tract map alteration

PALMDALE — The Palmdale Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday on a proposed major modification to a previously approved tentative tract map to subdivide a 4.5-acre parcel into two lots for the purpose of constructing 18 condominium units within two industrial buildings south of Grand Cypress Avenue at the intersection of Delta Lane.

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