The federal government has approved right-of-way for a high-speed train route from Victorville to Las Vegas. The route parallels Interstate 15, then cuts north along the Clark Mountains, pictured above, west of Primm, Nev.
BY DUG BEGLEY
STAFF WRITER
dbegley@pe.com
Published: 18 November 2011 06:47 PM
A high-speed train between Victorville and Las Vegas has the blessing of U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials to traverse federal land, including a valley environmentalists say is habitat for desert tortoises, a protected species.