Re: CHSRA may operate over "conventional" Metrolink trackage Palmdale to LA
Author: UP Signal Guy
Date: 03-21-2011 - 08:54
The presence of a National Forest shouldn't be a problem for land acquisition. Unlike National Parks, Reserves, Monuments or Historical Sites, there is nothing in National Forest rules preventing large construction projects or other such work. The National Forests were setup not as much to protect the forest from outside development, but to manage the forests to prevent them from totally disappearing from over logging. I can think of several major road projects occuring the national forest lands in California and Arizona alone.