California Chooses American Team to Install Nation’s First True High-Speed Rail Track
California’s High-Speed Rail Authority Board approved an American-led consortium (Kiewit, Stacey Witbeck, Herzog) to install electrified track, overhead catenary, and signaling for the nation’s first true high-speed rail system, enabling speeds up to 220 mph on 119 miles in the Central Valley; work will begin as civil construction segments are completed, using the Kern County railhead as a staging hub and direct procurement of long-lead materials, with a 25% small-business participation goal and an expectation of thousands of jobs and billions in economic impact for California.