Two House bills introduced this month by Republicans seek to redirect federal funds from California's controversial high-speed rail project and use the money for other purposes.
Two House bills introduced this month by Republicans seek to redirect federal funds from California's high-speed rail project and use the money for other purposes. It comes on the heels of the Trump administration demanding funds back from the controversial project, which has been plagued by cost overruns and delays.
Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom during his State of the State address said construction of the planned high-speed rail from the San Francisco Bay Area to Los Angeles will "cost too much and take too long." Earlier this month, California sent a letter to FRA and refuted the federal government's assertion that the state was out of compliance.
A group of mostly California Democratic members of Congress sent a letter Wednesday to U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and urged her to"work constructively with the state to identify and remedy" concerns it may have about the performance of the state's high-speed rail agency. To date, the state has dispatched nearly 2,700 workers to construction sites for the rail system and has more than 20 active construction sites, according to state officials. The 2018 business plan projecting the baseline cost of the nearly 520-mile rail system soared 20 percent from two years earlier and indicated the cost could rise to nearly $100 billion.
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