The Federal Railroad Administration withdrew funding for four projects related to California’s High-Speed Rail project.
The move will save the American people over $175 million in federal dollars that would have otherwise been wasted to make improvements to this failed high-speed rail project.
“In twenty years, California has not been able to lay a single track of high-speed rail,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said. “Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg didn’t care about these failures and dumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the state’s wish list of related fantasy projects. The waste ends here.
“As of today, the American people are done investing in California’s failed experiment,” Duffy added. “Instead, my Department will focus on making travel great again by investing in well-managed projects that can make projects like high-speed rail a reality.”
Roughly $15 billion has been spent on California’s High-Speed Rail boondoggle. The $135 billion projected total cost of the project could buy nearly 200 round-trip flights for every San Francisco and LA resident.
Duffy also directed FRA to review all obligated grants related to the California High-Speed Rail Project.
In July, Duffy announced that FRA terminated $4 billion in FRA grant funding to the California High-Speed Rail Authority after an extensive, 315-page report noting serious issues with the project, including that CHSRA would not complete the Merced to Bakersfield line by 2033.
After a careful review of the benefits and risks of unobligated projects related to the California High-Speed Rail Project, and considering its current state, the FRA has determined that advancing these selections is not justified and will withdraw the following four projects, totaling approximately $175 million.
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