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A worker helps construct the San Joaquin River Viaduct in Fresno.

Workers take a lift to work on an abatement at the Cedar Viaduct in Fresno.

Looking north from Herndon Ave. as construction continues on the San Joaquin River Viaduct section of the California High Speed Rail Project in Fresno, CA.

Construction on the San Joaquin River Viaduct section of the California High Speed Rail Project in North Fresno.

Support piers stand as part of the Cedar Viaduct section of the the California High Speed Rail Project, South of downtown Fresno.

One of the elevated sections of the high-speed rail under construction in Fresno, Calif.

People sign segments of railroad track during a groundbreaking ceremony for a bullet train station in Fresno.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Gov. Jerry Brown, fourth from left, joins dignitaries in signing a piece of railroad track during a groundbreaking ceremony for a bullet train station in Fresno.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Tom Savio, executive director of the Union Station Historical Society walks past the remnants of a demolished trackside packing house during a groundbreaking ceremony for a bullet train station in Fresno.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Construction on the first 29-mile segment of the system between the San Joaquin Valley towns of Fresno and Madera begins immediately.   (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Gov. Jerry Brown speaks at a 2015 groundbreaking ceremony for the bullet train in Fresno. The project counts on cap-and-trade funding.   (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times )

Shuttered storefronts are typical of the area west of downtown Fresno where a new bullet station will be built.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A bicyclist crosses railroad tracks west of downtown Fresno where a new bullet station will be built.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Demolition of old industrial buildings has begun in the area west of downtown Fresno where a new bullet station will be built.   (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A pedestrian crosses railroad tracks west of downtown Fresno where a new bullet station will be built.   (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train is displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.