UPDATE: NEW LOCATIONS FOR BRIGHTLINE WEST FIELD INVESTIGATION WORK IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

LAS VEGAS (November 18, 2024) – Brightline West announces updates to field investigation work in Southern California within the rail corridor that is located along the Interstate 15 right-of-way. No field investigation work is scheduled for the week in Nevada.

 

Field investigation work includes geotechnical borings and samplings, utility potholing, and land surveying. Work will take place primarily during daytime hours with some work at night to minimize disruption to traffic. In some instances, short-term closures of freeway shoulders will be required. All work will be done in compliance with applicable environmental regulations and in coordination with Caltrans.

 

Updated project areas are listed below. Motorists should proceed with extra caution through work zones and adhere to posted detour signs, speed limits, and other signage.

 

California

 

North of Ranchero Road (I-15)

Potholing will occur north of Ranchero Road, outside the northbound and southbound I-15 freeway limits. It will occur on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, and Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Lane closure will be required.

 

Near Gurdley Street (I-15)

Potholing will take place near Gurdley Street, south of the northbound I-15 freeway lanes, on Friday, Nov. 18, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Shoulder/lane closure will be required.

 

Near Stoddard Wells Rd (I-15)

Potholing will take place near Stoddard Wells Road, south of the northbound I-15 freeway lanes, inside Caltrans’s right of way. It will occur on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 

Near Oak Hill Road (I-15)

Potholing will take place near Oak Hill Road, north of the northbound I-15 freeway lanes, inside Caltrans’s right of way. This will occur on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Shoulder Closure will be required. Night work will occur on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

 

Near Luna Road (I-15)

Potholing will take place near Luna Road, outside the northbound and southbound I-15 freeway limits. Night work will occur on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, and Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Shoulder/lane closure will be required.

 

Near Roy Rogers Dr (I-15)

Potholing will take place near Roy Rogers Dr, outside the northbound and southbound I-15 freeway limits, inside and outside of Caltrans’s right of way. This will occur on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.

 

Near Quarry Road (I-15)

Potholing will take place near Quarry Road, outside the northbound and southbound I-15 freeway limits, inside and outside of Caltrans’s right of way. This will occur on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.

 

Near I-15 south of Dale Evans Parkway:

Geotechnical borings and percolation tests will continue at the VMF site from Monday, Nov. 18th, through Friday, Nov. 22nd, 7:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m.

 

On I-15 Oak Hill Road to Sierra Avenue:

Plate Load Testing will be performed in the freeway center median from Monday, Nov. 18th, through Friday, Nov. 22nd, from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

 

Note: Dates and times are subject to change. These operations are weather-dependent.

 

About Brightline West

Brightline is the only private provider of modern, eco-friendly, intercity passenger rail service in America – offering a guest-first experience designed to reinvent train travel and take cars off the road by connecting city pairs and congested corridors that are too short to fly and too long to drive. Brightline West will connect Las Vegas and Southern California with the first true high-speed passenger rail system in the nation. The 218-mile, all-electric rail service will include a flagship station in Las Vegas, with additional stations in Victor Valley and Rancho Cucamonga. At speeds up to 200 miles per hour, trains will take passengers from Las Vegas to Rancho Cucamonga in about two hours, twice as fast as the normal drive time. Brightline is currently operating its first passenger rail system connecting Central and South Florida with stations in Miami, Aventura, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, and Orlando.

 

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Media Contact

Antonio Castelan
Brightline West Communications
acastelan@brightlinewest.com