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New cost estimate for high-speed rail puts California bullet train $100 billion in the red

Original post made on Mar 15, 2023

A new High-Speed Rail Authority report projects costs for the initial segment at $35 billion, which exceeds secured funding by $10 billion.

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Posted by Barbara Costello
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Mar 15, 2023 at 9:30 am

Barbara Costello is a registered user.

The California "High Speed Rail" or in other words, a slow-moving choo-choo train between two Central Valley cities that are easy driving distance apart, is a ridiculous boon-doggle. It has cost taxpayers billions already and nothing has been completed. It is simply a gift from Newsome and the Democrats to their friends in the various Unions who keep them in office. Time to end it now, and definitely vote NO on any future bond requests for more funding.


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