Scathing federal report causes defunding of California high speed rail to nowhere
(And you wonder why everybody says CaliFAGula's public schools are some of the worst in the country.)
Duffy moves to defund California high-speed rail after blistering federal
It could be the end of the line for the "train to nowhere."
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has released a scathing report exposing what he said is the unfeasibility of California's long-troubled high-speed rail project — and is threatening to pull the plug on a plan that already has the federal government on the hook for $6.9 billion while Californians are underwriting an additional $9 billion.
Duffy said that the federal government is moving to terminate around $4 billion it has currently obligated to the project unless the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) can prove it is tenable.
He blasted it as a "boondoggle," as zero miles of high-speed track have been laid since ground was broken 10 years ago, and the cost continues to balloon.
The 300-page report, released by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Wednesday, examined the project and found delays, missed deadlines, mismanagement, waste, skyrocketing costs, budget shortfalls and overrepresentation of projected ridership.
The report states that despite the money already plowed into the project, there is a $7 billion funding gap to complete a subset of the first phase in the Central Valley from Merced to Bakersfield, known as the Early Operating Segment (EOS).
"This report exposes a cold, hard truth: CHSRA has no viable path to complete this project on time or on budget," Duffy said Wednesday. "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.
Gee! I can remember when a high speed rail system was floated in the state of Florida. It was designed to connect Central Florida (mostly Orlando) with Tampa, even though there is an interstate highway that connects the two cities.
The project never got off the ground because nobody wanted it. Nobody would ride it. And because Florida's voters are a million times better educated than the fags, illegal aliens and general morons of CaliFAAAAGGGGula, we never entered into the equation.
Duffy moves to defund California high-speed rail after blistering federal
It could be the end of the line for the "train to nowhere."
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has released a scathing report exposing what he said is the unfeasibility of California's long-troubled high-speed rail project — and is threatening to pull the plug on a plan that already has the federal government on the hook for $6.9 billion while Californians are underwriting an additional $9 billion.
Duffy said that the federal government is moving to terminate around $4 billion it has currently obligated to the project unless the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) can prove it is tenable.
He blasted it as a "boondoggle," as zero miles of high-speed track have been laid since ground was broken 10 years ago, and the cost continues to balloon.
The 300-page report, released by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Wednesday, examined the project and found delays, missed deadlines, mismanagement, waste, skyrocketing costs, budget shortfalls and overrepresentation of projected ridership.
The report states that despite the money already plowed into the project, there is a $7 billion funding gap to complete a subset of the first phase in the Central Valley from Merced to Bakersfield, known as the Early Operating Segment (EOS).
"This report exposes a cold, hard truth: CHSRA has no viable path to complete this project on time or on budget," Duffy said Wednesday. "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.
Gee! I can remember when a high speed rail system was floated in the state of Florida. It was designed to connect Central Florida (mostly Orlando) with Tampa, even though there is an interstate highway that connects the two cities.
The project never got off the ground because nobody wanted it. Nobody would ride it. And because Florida's voters are a million times better educated than the fags, illegal aliens and general morons of CaliFAAAAGGGGula, we never entered into the equation.
