High Speed Rail public comment period ends Monday.The push is underway to get the High Speed Rail Authority to change the latest business plan and have the bullet train run to the Amtrak station in downtown Bakersfield. Others, like UC Berkeley transportation researcher Adam Cohen, says locals should let it be known they want Shafter selected for the heavy maintenance facility. That would bring a couple thousand high-paying jobs to Kern County. The Kern County Taxpayers Association is pointing out that even those who oppose the project should let it be know they want the jobs to come here. To make a public comment before Monday’s deadline, follow this link to the CHSRA:
http://www.hsr.ca.gov/about/business_plans/Draft_2016_Business_Plan_Comments.html