California High-Speed Rail Project reaches 10,000 jobs milestone

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Work on the California Excessive-Velocity Rail Venture is constant, and the mission is constant to supply jobs to Central Valley residents. On Tuesday, February 14, there was a celebration, because the mission reached the ten,000 jobs milestone.

Out of the ten,000 employees employed, 2,000 are from Kern County, and based on Central Valley Regional Director Garth Fernandez, 73 p.c of the employees on the high-speed rail mission come from the Central Valley.

“Two years in the past, we had a banner that stated 5,000, and two years later, even by covid, we discover that we’re at 10,000, and we now have an extended method to go at constructing this hall,” stated Fernandez.

Along with development jobs, the high-speed rail mission has additionally introduced in architects, engineers, planners, and even gives a pre-apprentice coaching program.

Based on the California Excessive-Velocity Rail Authority, not solely does the high-speed rail introduce one other type of transportation, nevertheless it additionally brings in financial development, cleaner air, and reduces the emission of greenhouse gases.

When the mission is full, the high-speed prepare will journey at 200 miles per hour or extra, that means the commute from San Francisco to Los Angeles by rail will probably be roughly 3 hours lengthy, half the time the journey takes by automobile.

As for the employees who’ve been employed, Fernandez says they are going to have further contracts to have the ability to proceed working after the mission is full.