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| California got nearly $7B from feds for high-speed rail ‐ but never laid any track, bombshell report shows |
| 2025-06-04 |
| [NY Post] Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened Wednesday to pull federal grants for California’s High-Speed Rail Authority after it spent nearly $7 billion in taxpayer funds over a decade and a half without laying a single foot of track. In a more than 300-page report, Duffy detailed the missed deadlines and stretched budget for the long-running project — and gave the Golden State’s high-speed rail office 37 days to respond or lose out on around $4 billion in grants. "This report exposes a cold, hard truth: CHSRA has no viable path to complete this project on time or on budget," he said. "CHSRA is on notice — If they can’t deliver on their end of the deal, it could soon be time for these funds to flow to other projects that can achieve President Trump’s vision of building great, big, beautiful things again," he added. "Our country deserves high-speed rail that makes us proud — not boondoogle trains to nowhere." California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office and the California High-Speed Rail Authority did not immediately respond to requests for comment. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #1 The Marx Brothers covered this already. With apologies to Animal Crackers: Spaulding: This is better than exploring! What do you fellows get an hour? Ravelli: Oh, for Spaulding: I see...What do you get for not Ravelli: Twelve dollars an hour. Spaulding: Well, clip me off a piece of that. Ravelli: Now, for Spaulding: That's for Ravelli: Thatsa for Spaulding: And what do you get for not Ravelli: You couldn't afford it... |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2025-06-04 13:09 |