LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Night work on the Brightline West high-speed rail project is planned outside of Las Vegas on April 15-16 beginning at 9 p.m. as field investigations continue in the Interstate 15 median.
A schedule released Monday afternoon shows crews will work from 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday nights, performing geophysical testing on a three-mile stretch of the median southwest of Sloan. The work is scheduled along the southbound lane #1. Previous schedules have said that short-term closures are possible for the safety of crews doing the work, but no specific closures are listed for this week in Nevada.
Geophysical testing can involve monitoring of seismic activity in soils, helping to identify characteristics of the site where Brightline will be working to lay track for the high-speed train between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area.
Daytime surveying and geotechnical boring (soil sampling) are scheduled to continue through Thursday, April 18, according to Brightline’s news release. Those operations will be between the Nevada-California line and the southwest edge of the Las Vegas metro area.
Brightline West will be “America’s first true high-speed rail system,” according to the company, which already operates trains between Miami and Orlando.
Some closures are scheduled in California for night work along I-15 from Oak Hill Road to the SR 210 Interchange.
Here are the areas where crews are working this week:
Nevada
- I-15 median north of Jean, Nevada (milepost 12.5-27.5)
- Survey work through Thursday, April 18, 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- I-15 median north of Primm, Nevada (milepost 5-12.5)
- Geotechnical boring and survey work through Thursday, April 18, 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Night work is planned on the I-15 southbound lane #1 between milepost 18-21 for geophysical testing, on Monday, April 15 through Tuesday, April 16, 9:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.
California
- I-15 Razor Road to Soap Mine Road
- Daytime borings scheduled on the I-15 in center median and on the exterior shoulder of the southbound offramp at Meridian Road, Monday, April 15 through Friday, April 19, 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- I-15 from Mojave River to Ranchero Road
- Daytime borings scheduled in the Mojave River, Tuesday, April 16 through Friday, April 19, 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Daytime borings scheduled in the center median in Hesperia, Tuesday, April 16 through Wednesday, April 17, 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
- I-15 Oak Hill Road to SR 210 Interchange
- Daytime borings scheduled on the I-15 in the center median and shoulders in the Cajon Pass, Monday, April 15 through Friday, April 19, 6:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Night closures are planned in median and northbound exterior shoulder on I-15 near Glen Helen Parkway, Tuesday, April 16 through Wednesday, April 17, 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
- Night closures are planned on Connector Ramps at the I-15/210 interchange, Tuesday, April 16 through Wednesday, April 17, 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
- Night closures are planned on northbound interior shoulder at I-15 in the Cajon Pass, Friday, April 19, 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
Note: Dates and times are subject to change. These operations are weather dependent.
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