California Governor Says He's Dropping High-Speed Rail Plan

[Swordsmyth]

California Governor Gavin Newsom is abandoning plans to build a high-speed railroad between Los Angeles and San Francisco, saying the ambitious project that was approved by voters and championed by his predecessor is too costly.
Instead, the state will finish roughly 120 miles of track already under construction in the Central Valley, a mostly rural agricultural region that runs down the spine of the state, Newsom said.
"The project, as currently planned, would cost too much and take too long," Newsom told lawmakers in Sacramento during his first State of the State address. "There’s been too little oversight and not enough transparency."

More at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ernor-says-he-s-dropping-high-speed-rail-plan

 

[RonZeplin]

Trapped in the Central Valley on the train to nowhere? No escape from Fresno.

 

[dannno]

Trapped in the Central Valley on the train to nowhere? No escape from Fresno.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Trapped in the Central Valley on the train to nowhere? No escape from Fresno.

 

[axiomata]

Hope the funds get transferred for the AOC solar powered train to Hawaii.

 

[Stratovarious]

So they twisted his arm and demanded he not scrap the project, maintaining 120 miles of track
, train, infrastructure, for this monstrosity of a failure. I
They couldn't just admit failure and kill it.

This 'fail' will cost Ca hundreds of millions in the years to come.
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Saving face, everyone gets a prize. :facepalm:

 

[oyarde]

That train will not be the first one that never made it out of Fresno alive .

 

[Anti Federalist]

LOL I owe ya a rep

Lyle Lanley: I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and by gum it put them on the map!

Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken.

Bart: Sorry Mom the mob has spoken.

 

[RJB]

Trapped in the Central Valley on the train to nowhere? No escape from Fresno.

That's the train we will take to Hawaii in ten years.

 

[Anti Federalist]

That's the train we will take to Hawaii in ten years.

Might bring too many people and the island will tip over.

Better not...

 

[AngryCanadian]

Money for Crimes and Wars but no money or funding for infrastructures.
The Leftists leaders have money for pushing radical leftists polices but not for infrastructures go figure.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Money for Crimes and Wars but no money or funding for infrastructures.
The Leftists leaders have money for pushing radical leftists polices but not for infrastructures go figure.

This project was a crime.

 

[specsaregood]

Hope the funds get transferred for the AOC solar powered train to Hawaii.

In a way that's on target. He knows CA taxpayers are sick of being bilked for it; so he's gonna put it on hold and actively lobby for federal funds to continue the boondoggle. No doubt Pelosi has already promised to tack onto any major bill that has a chance of getting through the house.

 

[Anti Globalist]

But I was planning on going on that train one day.

 

[timosman]

Gov. Newsom Puts SF-LA Portion Of High-Speed Rail Project On Hold

 

[Pauls' Revere]

So this means the taxpayers will be refunded right?

 

[Brian4Liberty]

So this means the taxpayers will be refunded right?

LOL.

Can’t find a link, but heard that there was Federal money poured into this boondoggle, and Gavin Newsom says he isn’t giving any of it back.

 

[shakey1]

LOL I owe ya a rep

Lyle Lanley: I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and by gum it put them on the map!

Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken.

Bart: Sorry Mom the mob has spoken.

egg-zactly what i was thinkin'

 

[euphemia]

But it’s part of The Green Nightmare.

 

[specsaregood]

LOL.

Can’t find a link, but heard that there was Federal money poured into this boondoggle, and Gavin Newsom says he isn’t giving any of it back.

because he is gonna try to get the feds to finish paying for it, mark my words.