The proposed corridor would connect rancho cucamonga, CA, to LAS vegas, NV, providing new service on a new high-speed rail alignment with intermediate stops at hesperia and victorville, CA

This Cooperative Agreement award of $500,000.00 from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail program (CFDA 20.326) supports the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) in developing a Service Development Plan (SDP) for a new high-speed rail corridor connecting Rancho Cucamonga, CA to Las Vegas, NV.

The key activities under this award include developing a project performance plan, compiling existing planning materials, creating a statement of work, finalizing the project schedule and budget, and producing the project description for the next stage of the corridor development process. This work will position NDOT to complete the full SDP and advance the proposed high-speed rail corridor project. The award has a period of performance from Nov 2024 to Oct 2026.

The corridor sponsor would enter step 1 of the program to develop a scope, schedule, and cost estimate for preparing, completing, or documenting its service development plan.using service development plan (SDP) SOW framework, the corridor sponsor will develop a project performance plan (task 2.1), existing planning and development materials task 2.1), statement of work (task 2.2), approved project schedule (task 2.3), approved project budget (task 2.4). The outcome of this project will be the project description for CID step 2, to perform the necessary work to complete an SDP. The proposed corridor will connect communities from LAS vegas, NV to rancho cucamonga, CA, as well as communities in between.