Posted on 05/05/2024 12:43:32 PM PDT by george76
The High Speed Rail Authority shared an update on the Fresno River Viaduct ..
They were widely mocked with Elon Musk and Billy Markus piling in ..
California has been mercilessly mocked for boasting about completing the 'world's most pointless crossing' to nowhere at a cost of $11billion.
The California High Speed Rail Authority shared an update on the Fresno River Viaduct in Madera County last week, proudly saying it was one of the 'first completed high-speed rail structures'.
The Tweet did not get the reaction officials were hoping for with Elon Musk and Dogecoin creator Billy Markus piling in to mock the project.
The Viaduct has taken nine years to build and has cost taxpayers $11 billion as part of the state's long-delayed, bullet-train plan attempting to link San Francisco to Los Angeles.
Commenting on photos showing the bridge stopping at only 1,600ft long with either end floating unconnected in the air, Markus tweeted: 'This is the most remarkable human achievement ever.'
Sharing the rail authority's tweet he added: '1600 feet of high speed rail after 9 years and 11 billion dollars it takes about 5 minutes to walk 1600 feet so a high speed rail for that is a really big deal.'
He added: 'Wow so impressive, can’t wait until year 2400 for this to finish for 700 quadrillion dollars.'
Musk then chimed in, adding a crying face emoji.
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So far $11 billion of taxpayer money has been sunk into the scheme which aims to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco.
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It will take an estimated $100 billion more to finish the project and link San Francisco to Los Angeles with many calling for the project to be scrapped.
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A Cessna 172 Skyhawk could operate off that “runway” (If surface is smooth and suitable) but more than a few have failed to clear obstacles with even more runway depending on loading, ambient temperature, wind conditions, etc. So safer to go with a STOL configuration and tundra tires in case you need to bounce off the terrain past the end of the runway a time or two.
San Joaquin River Viaduct...I was thinking that a viaduct had to pass over another road, but maybe not.
An aqueduct carries water; it’s not a bridge over water.
So I guess a viaduct “carries” a road.
That’s a very fast bridge.
You forgot to add in the track, train. electricity, train stations, etc! Might as well just double your figure. 3,630,000,000,000.00
I guess the people in California are really that stupid.
I miss you!
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband Richard Blum got contracts to build it - I hear their family own some really expensive mansions and resorts.
In San Francisco, money allocated for the high-speed rail downtown station was diverted into building an elevated park that runs several blocks - now they're begging for more money to build the downtown station which is a big hole in the ground.
Other money went into new stations, building overhead track elevated above intersections, and shifting existing diesel trains to electrified trains - much of which is incomplete or unused.
The same thing of shifting funds around is going on throughout the state. This system will take until the year 2400 to be completed!
Man your battle stations! Wait until you see the whites of their Nikes. The corrupt commie Left Coats are coming!
Has to be Jerry Brown. This whole rail nonsense started with him.
It looks like a lot more sense was used building the tracks to the right of this boondoggle.
1 Euro = 1.08 Dollar
1 kilometer ~ 5/8 mile
‘Tis obvious that concrete pourers have more clout than mere earth movers.
{California has a LING history}
This one’s history is now over...
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24386784
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