Brightline West plans to break ground next week on its Las Vegas-to-Southern California high-speed train system.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will join Brightline founder Wes Edens and federal, state and local officials from Nevada and California on Monday at the planned Las Vegas station site for a ceremony kicking off construction on the 218-mile rail line.
It will be a major milestone in the project that has been talked about in various iterations for over a decade, with no action occurring over that span.
“This is the physical action that we’ve been waiting for, for decades, finally bringing high-speed rail between Las Vegas and Southern California,” said Clark County Commissioner Michael Naft.
