U.S. approves California bullet train construction

The action allows the state rail authority to begin acquiring the land that will be needed between Merced and Bakersfield to construct about 130 miles of rail by 2017.The Obama administration Wednesday gave the first formal regulatory approval to the California High-Speed Rail Authority's plan to construct a bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco, clearing a major legal hurdle to starting the project in the Central Valley.

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