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The High Desert Corridor is a proposed multimodal corridor in northern Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties in the U.S. state of California.

The project, which will travel between Palmdale and Apple Valley through the High Desert region, will consist of both a four-lane freeway connecting State Route 14 in Palmdale with State Route 18 in Victor Valley, a high-speed rail line connecting the California High-Speed Rail system at its proposed Palmdale station with the Brightline West route at its proposed Victor Valley station, and a bikeway, along with green energy elements.

The first phase of the project will focus on constructing the 54 mi high-speed rail line.

The highway will be 63 miles long.

Funding
The corridor is funded by Measure M.

$3.5 million of HDC Measure M funds, $1.375 million in CalSTA 2018 Transit Intercity Rail Capital Plan State grant funds under the Network Integration category, and $625K from Brightline West ($250K in cash and $375K of in-kind contributions).

Expenditure Plan with nearly $170 million in the current and near-term fiscal years as well as $1.9 billion in later years (2063-2067) that could leverage federal, state, and private funds.

High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Agency
The High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Agency was founded by San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties,

History
The LA county portion of the High Desert Corridor was funded by Measure M.

In 2015,

Caltrans and Metro partnered to completed the High Desert Corridor Final Environmental Impact Report in 2016.

In 2018, Metro was set to buy land for the 63 mile long freeway project.

The board of directors for LA Metro met on August 25, 2022, approving their participation in a Joint powers authority