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California Democrats Ask Buttigieg for Half a Billion Dollars for High-Speed Rail Before Trump Takes Office

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Posted by Frank G 2024-12-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top
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How much has Cal. sunk into this boondoggle High-speed rail already?

Cost of California High-Speed Rail project to date. Take you data source pick.

How many of its own CAL version of EPA has it or would have it in court?

Posted by NN2N1 2024-12-23 05:02|| 2024-12-23 05:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Microsoft ‘Buys’ Nuclear Plant to Power Artificial Intelligence
And here I thought Gates opposes "nuclear". Live & learn.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-12-23 06:12|| 2024-12-23 06:12|| Front Page Top

#3 California Democrats Ask Buttigieg for Half a Billion Dollars for ~~High-Speed Rail~~ Grifting Before Trump Takes Office

FIFY

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-12-23 07:25|| 2024-12-23 07:25|| Front Page Top

#4 High speed rail? No. It's the gravy train for grifters.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2024-12-23 11:34|| 2024-12-23 11:34|| Front Page Top

No telling where that train money went.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-12-23 11:45|| 2024-12-23 11:45|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ They've built a 119 mi section between Merced and Bakersfield, so, nowhere to nowhere

Posted by Frank G 2024-12-23 11:50|| 2024-12-23 11:50|| Front Page Top

#7 My understanding was that a part of the funding already spent was for upgrades to the rail stations in SF and LA, decades before connecting to the network. Partial Wiki cite:

"From January 2015 to December 2023, a total of $11.2 billion had been spent on the IOS – which has 119 miles (192 km) under active construction – and on upgrades to existing rail lines in the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles, where Phase 1 is planned to share tracks with conventional passenger trains. Regulatory clearance has been obtained for the full route connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles, which includes the IOS. However, the Authority has not yet received sufficient funding to construct the segments from the IOS westwards to the Bay Area or southwards to Los Angeles, both of which would require tunneling through major mountain passes. As of 2024, the entirety of Phase 1 was projected to cost $1062 billion..

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-12-23 15:29|| 2024-12-23 15:29|| Front Page Top

#8 $106.2

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-12-23 15:30|| 2024-12-23 15:30|| Front Page Top

#9 That should be enough for another 100 yards at least.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2024-12-23 17:08|| 2024-12-23 17:08|| Front Page Top

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