California legislator wants to kill federal funding for California high speed project
California legislator wants to kill federal funding for California high speed project
WASHINGTON — A California congressman wants to end further federal funding for the state’s high speed rail project on the grounds that it has yet to lay any rail. U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia (R-Santa Clarita) announced last week that he has introduced H.R. 9308, which he has dubbed the “No Frankenrail Ac...
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Bill would end funds for ‘any project that hasn’t laid track after a decade’
U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia (R-Santa Clarita) announced last week that he has introduced H.R. 9308, which he has dubbed the “No Frankenrail Act.”
So this is the high speed rail projects live map of current construction
https://hsr.ca.gov/high-speed-rail-in-california/construction-activities-interactive-map/
Tbh its a long haul project, building new rail lines requires buying up the land , and in California its not cheap at all . Luckely the central vally line mostly follows old rail lines , but the conection from merced to sf needs to be bought up in large parts , but caltran has been electrified, a large step to have sf ready for the trains. The L.A section is not realy being worked on yet , initial service is set to be from Bakersfield to merced .
It's not going anywhere, so might as well.