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Calif. high-speed rail faces crucial court ruling | Essentials

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Calif. high-speed rail faces crucial court ruling

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. –  California's plan to begin building its $68 billion high-speed rail system in the Central Valley hinges on a crucial court decision that could stop the project in its tracks if a judge agrees to a request for a delay from farming interests. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley is expected to decide Friday whether to grant a preliminary injunction that would temporarily halt the ambitious infrastructure project. That would prevent the state's rail authority from buying land along the proposed route and continuing with site surveys, engineering design work and geological testing that began months ago. Groups representing Central Valley farmers claim in lawsuits that the state agency overseeing the project, the California High-Speed Rail Authority, failed to conduct the thorough environmental reviews required by California law and comply with public meeting laws.

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Timothy Frawley

Overall Sentiment: 0.0230974

Relevance: 0.209901

Officer Jeff Morales

Overall Sentiment: 0.135298

Relevance: 0.192088

SentimentQuote
0.101468"While an injunction would hinder our ability to begin construction in the Central Valley in a timely manner, other aspects of the program — such as investment into existing regional transit that will tie into the high speed rail line — will go forward as planned," he said ...
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  • Mean: 0.101468
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Gov. Jerry Brown

Overall Sentiment: 0.163975

Relevance: 0.19042

John Popoff

Overall Sentiment: 0.0444645

Relevance: 0.170874

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-0.0538094"The large scope of the project and the short time frame in which to complete (it) requires construction work at an unprecedented pace — the fastest rate of transportation construction known in U.S. history, at least 50 percent faster than the pace (approximated by dollars spent per day) of the recent Bay Bridge project," John Popoff, deputy program director for the Northern California portion of the project, wrote ...
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  • Mean: -0.0538094
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GeographicFeature: Central Valley

Overall Sentiment: 0.106442

Relevance: 0.361416

StateOrCounty: California

Overall Sentiment: 0.0740462

Relevance: 0.356638

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Organization: High-Speed Rail Authority

Overall Sentiment: -0.0435425

Relevance: 0.91268

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