The California High-Speed Rail Authority needs to buy more than 550 pieces of property to build its first 29-mile stretch of rail line between Avenue 17 in Madera to American Avenue south of Fresno.
And along the next 100 miles between Fresno and Bakersfield, as many as 1,150 more parcels of “affected” property have been identified that the agency may need to acquire in full or in part.
Read the complete story at The Fresno Bee.
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