Brightline West was mistakenly cited last month by Clark County for what an official believed was the company starting work without a permit as it began grading for its Las Vegas high-speed train station.

Contractor McCarthy Building Cos. was doing grading work on Brightline West’s land on Las Vegas Boulevard between Blue Diamond and Warm Springs roads on July 17 when a building inspector with Clark County made a visit and documented the work occurring, with nearly three dozen photos, according to county records. Grading is the process of reshaping land and readying a site in advance of planned construction.

On the same day, the inspector served Brightline West with a notice of violation, stating that work started on the site without the company obtaining a grading permit from the county

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