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May 2, 2007

California: High speed rail's future is private

Source: Victorville Daily Press

By TATIANA PROPHET Staff Writer

An artist's rendering shows the possible atrium of the DesertXpress project that will link Victorville and Las Vegas via a dedicated train schedule. VICTORVILLE - Just as the governor is looking to slash public funding for a bullet train from Sacramento to San Diego, developers of a shorter train from Victorville to Las Vegas are betting that purely private money will be the key to getting their project built.

"We don't want any money from the public," said Tony Penna, vice president of Inland Energy, a development partner on the DesertXpress project.

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Posted by pichu at May 2, 2007 11:16 PM