They've been *talking* about the SCIG for more than 8 years, but the actual CEQA work didn't start until a few years ago. I suspect that, like the 3rd track on Cajon, it was some little piece off the railroad property that triggered City involvement and dragged it into CEQA anyway; if it were all in the RR r/w federal preemption should apply and if any environmental stuff were done only NEPA (harder for random challenges to succeed) would apply.

And how many times will we have to go through the whole alternatives and CEQA/NEPA process for 710 through Pasadena before it either gets done or is finally abandoned? Each time, it's a 5+ year process just to do the environmental stuff - let alone design and construction which has never started. Including the current LAMTA-sponsored process, it was active at least 3 times while I worked for Caltrans (35 years).