DesertXpress Enterprises LLC — doing business as Brightline West 

Brightline West is on schedule to start construction of a high-speed rail route between Las Vegas and Southern California in the second quarter, the company's chief executive officer told a Las Vegas newspaper.

Brightline West CEO Mike Reininger did not share with the Reno Gazette Journal a definitive date of groundbreaking on the 170-mile route between Las Vegas and Victorville, California, however.

"The world changed as a result of the pandemic, but we continued to work wherever we possibly could toward advancing the ball," Reininger said. "The project remains a very high priority for us."

In a January letter to the Nevada High-Speed Rail Authority, Brightline officials outlined the challenges the pandemic created in the company's ability to obtain funding for the project.

COMMENT UNDER STORY:

Allen Graetz

This proposed project only exists on paper. It has had repeated funding shortcomings.

The most recent of which was the inability to sell billions in state-backed bonds that are needed to buy the sleepers + rails to make the line. 

THis project under current owners and previous owners has constantly missed goals and deadlines.

Given it's history, I wouldn't give much weight to Brightline's current claim of it being on track.