Controversial High-Speed Rail Project Negatively Affecting California Agriculture, Lawyer Says

A Union Pacific train runs beneath the high-speed railway tracks at the Pergola in Fresno, California, on May 8, 2019, amid ongoing construction of the railway in California's Central and San Joaquin Valleys. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

The California high-speed bullet train is disrupting farming operations in one of the most productive agricultural areas of the country, according to a lawyer representing multiple clients in the San Joaquin Valley.

“It’s going right through the middle of dozens and dozens of farms,” Mark Wasser, a Sacramento attorney, told The Epoch Times, creating a “massive disruption” for local residents.