California High-Speed Rail Project (Not Las Vegas)

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This has been going on since Governor Brown.The cost and completion deadline keeps going up. There is a chance that the new Trump DOGE office will axe the funding for this.

And I will post this again, still not sure why Liberals are so obsessed with trains.

California high-speed rail cost jumps to $128B

California’s high-speed rail project woes continue to pile up as cost estimates burst past original figures and the target date for service shifts further out. The new total leaves a funding gap of more than $100 billion.

The price tag for the rail system has risen to $128 billion, according to a California High Speed Rail Authority project update report — a nearly 22% uptick from the previous figure of $105 billion from last year and a far cry from the $33 billion cost voters approved in 2008. The latest increases are due to “inflation/escalation, enhanced scope definition and greater contingency for risk,” per the report.

The target date for the opening of the line between Merced, Fresno and Bakersfield, California, may shift out from a solid 2030 marker to a flexible time frame of 2030-2033, according to Brian P. Kelly, the rail authority’s CEO.

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You know you fucked up if the French complain about your politics and organization...

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Still a 100% fail project-

California High-Speed Rail Progress After 10 Years: Green Sections Are Open For Passengers (as of June 2024)
https://brilliantmaps.com/california...oRbMkcURIOCCQg

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Update-

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Heard there was a 21.8% tip included before the state signed off.

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Heard there was a 21.8% tip included before the state signed off.

Damn libtard, you couldn’t do the math yourself.

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Heard there was a 21.8% tip included before the state signed off.

Dan libtard, you couldn’t do the math yourself.

Wasnt my job to explain your faulty idea. You got there and then doubled down!

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Update:

This extremely expensive boondoggle has been going on for years and been reported that not one foot of track has been laid yet. Hope to update this thread as it goes on. Glad to see Trump is pulling the funds-

Trump administration to pull $4 billion from California high-speed rail funding

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At a moment when California high-speed rail faces possible abandonment, the project’s new CEO sees a tantalizing lifeline: $1 billion annually from the state, supplemented by an infusion of private capital.



https://www.sfchronicle.com/californ...Xte1nrVdUJK3zg