Downtown Merced’s Bullet-Train Station Rides on Legal Demand, $2.4B Contract Option and $1B Savings Pitch

A legal demand from California Rural Legal Assistance and nine Valley groups, a City of Merced push for mitigation and a $2.4 billion procurement that treats the downtown extension as optional have left the location of Merced's high-speed rail station, and the downtown redevelopment plans built around it, unsettled.