High-speed rail board awards $1.4B contract for construction south to Kern

The California High-Speed Rail Authority board awarded a $1.37 billion contract for the design and construction of its second segment of rail line in the central San Joaquin Valley, a 65-mile stretch from American Avenue south of Fresno to the Tulare-Kern county line.

The board, meeting Tuesday morning in Sacramento, voted 7-0 to authorize negotiating a contract with Dragados/Flatiron/Shimmick. The conso