Earlier this month, the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIR/EIS) became the second project section in Southern California to be published. In August, the Board agreed to certify the Bakersfield to Palmdale Final EIR/EIS, the first project section document published, clearing the way to add 80 miles to the 199 miles already environmentally cleared on the high-speed rail project, connecting the Central Valley to Southern California’s Antelope Valley in Los Angeles County.