While the North American High Speed Rail Group (NAHSRG) is not among the initial four applicants for the franchise to building a high speed train between Southern California and Las Vegas, it may have a second chance on putting in a bid.
In Roch mayor can probably stop worrying much about high speed rail group jilting city for Vegas, Bluestem examined concerns that the Minnesota-based company might get bored with trying to build a line between the Twin Cities and Rochester, opting instead to take its chances in Vegas.
The Nevada High Speed Rail Authority (NHSRA) has extended the deadline for applications to November 4, so perhaps there's still time to make the mayor of Rochester nervous.
In an email to Bluestem Prairie to response to a request for information about the bids that were due Monday, NHSRA representative Sue Christiansen wrote:
I am following up with you on David’s behalf to provide an update on this afternoon’s meeting. To date, we have received four applications from Dave Brough, Nevada Intercity Passenger Railroad Co., SkyTram International and XpressWest. The authority also extended the deadline for applications to 5 p.m. on November 4.
In discussion board post about his application, Brough seems to be a skeptic of high speed rail. Nevada Intercity Passenger Railroad Company's web site includes details about this Nevada-based company's plans. SkyTram International is the brainchild of Mass Tram America founder Ben Missler, while XpressWest "Las Vegas-based project announced a $100 million investment from a consortium of state-owned Chinese companies," Daniel Rothberg of the Las Vegas Sun reported in High-speed rail panel to select operator by Nov. 30.
Should the Minnesota-based group get it together by the second-chance deadline, the current shortlist and any other late-comers will be the competition.
Last week, we noted in Roch mayor can probably stop worrying much about high speed rail group jilting city for Vegas:
After reading up on high speed rail developments in the United States, Bluestem remains puzzled about the allure of the North American High Speed Rail Group to Minnesotans, since the grand claims made here about the group's projects in other places don't seem to be matched in those other places' media reports.
Meanwhile, we're still curious what's up with the ghost of EdCampus showing up on that EB-5 visa center the local cats run.
Photo: A concept from the North American High Speed Rail Group's website.
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