[Oratam]

from:Associated Press
February 12, 2019 at 3:09 PM

Newsom said Tuesday in his State of the State address it “would cost too much and take too long” to build the line long championed by his predecessor, Jerry Brown. Latest estimates pin the cost at $77 billion and completion in 2033.

Newsom says he wants to continue construction of the high-speed link from Merced to Bakersfield in California’s Central Valley. He says building the line could bring economic transformation to the agricultural region.

And he says abandoning that portion of the project would require the state to return $3.5 billion in federal dollars.

Newsom also is replacing Brown’s head of the board that oversee the project and is pledging to hold the project’s contractors more accountable for cost overruns.

[Steven W.]

I’m seeing reports elsewhere that by leaving that section “active” they keep $3.7B in federal funds

[bagster]

Thanks for that update Oratam. I haven't followed that story. God forbid CA should return federal dollars.

Sorry about wasting your billions, my fellow Americans.

#SomebodyHasToApologizeToRealAmerica

#CaliforniaSucks

Bagster