{"id":7377,"date":"2019-06-14T13:44:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T20:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/origin-www.parsons.com\/?p=7377"},"modified":"2019-06-14T14:55:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T21:55:26","slug":"parsons-celebrates-groundbreaking-for-centennial-corridor-mainline-in-bakersfield-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.parsons.com\/2019\/06\/parsons-celebrates-groundbreaking-for-centennial-corridor-mainline-in-bakersfield-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Parsons Celebrates Groundbreaking for Centennial Corridor Mainline in Bakersfield, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7381\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Bakersfield-TRIP-Centennial-Mainline-groundbreaking-900x484.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"484\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Parsons was honored to join officials from the City of Bakersfield, Kern County, Caltrans, and the Kern Council of Governments to break ground for the Centennial Corridor Mainline in Bakersfield, CA, on June 12, 2019. 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