Californians Still Clinging To High-Speed Rail Boondoggle Against All Odds
California voters are still hoping for the state’s high-speed rail project to get built despite the fact that it is billions over budget, had its federal support yanked and is years behind schedule, according to…
California voters are still hoping for the state’s high-speed rail project to get built despite the fact that it is billions over budget, had its federal support yanked and is years behind schedule, according to Politico.
Nearly two-thirds of Golden-State voters support the high-speed rail project despite its crawling progress and the Trump administration recently pulling billions in unspent federal tax dollars for the initiative, according to a Politicopoll. The state has been trying to build the high-speed rail project for the last 17 years, though progress has been slowed and the budget has been ballooned by environmental reviews and lawsuits as well as political and financial hurdles.
“This project was Severely Overpriced, Overregulated, and NEVER DELIVERED,” President Donald Trump wrote