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Fresno woos high-speed rail official

Fresno city and county officials and community leaders gathered today in the 600 Club above the Chukchansi Park baseball diamond to make their pitch that a parcel south of town is the best location for a heavy maintenance yard to service the Valley's high-speed rail.

The Fresno Works -- an organization of city and county officials, and education, business and labor leaders formed last year to lobby for the high-speed rail facility -- hosted Curt Pringle, chairman of the High Speed Rail Authority, at a luncheon at the stadium. They later took him for a helicopter tour of Fresno, including the proposed site of the heavy maintenance yard.

An actual aerial view of the site -- bounded by Highway 99, Adams and Cedar avenues and the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe right-of-way -- is important, Pringle said, to see if there are any "fatal flaws" with the location.

A good location will be close to existing rail lines and have enough room for high-speed trains to enter and exit easily, said Pringle, who is the mayor of Anaheim.
-The Fresno Bee

High-speed rail official to get Fresno heli-tour

Fresno officials plan to put their best foot forward on Thursday as they present to the chairman of the state high-speed rail group why the area should be home to a heavy maintenance facility.

Under a collaborative effort called Fresno Works, officials from Fresno County, the City of Fresno, the Council of Fresno County Governments, local educational institutions and organized labor have arranged a helicopter tour for Curt Pringle, chairman of the California High Speed Rail Authority, to see what Fresno has to offer.

Events include a luncheon with community leaders, press interviews and then tours of Fresno City College's applied science division plus a tour of Community Regional Medical Center's trauma center.

The heavy maintenance facility is expected to bring thousands of jobs and nearly $1 billion dollars worth of investment in the community that is chosen. 

Fresno County Supervisors Henry Perea and Susan Anderson, as well as Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin, will accompany Pringle on the tour.
-The Business Journal