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Meeting attendee presses review of California high-speed rail after large cost increases
Summary
An attendee at a meeting questioned officials about the federal review of the long-delayed California high-speed rail project, saying the plan approved in February 2008 has seen costs grow from about $33 billion to an estimated $128–130 billion and that roughly $17 billion has been assembled through state bonds, two federal grants and carbon tax funds.
An attendee at a meeting questioned officials about the federal review of the long-delayed California high-speed rail project, saying the plan approved in February 2008 has seen costs grow from about $33 billion to an estimated $128–130 billion and that roughly $17 billion has been assembled through state bonds, two federal grants and carbon tax funds.
The attendee, identified in the record as Commenter 1, said the first segment — from Merced to Bakersfield and described in public documents as an "early operating segment" — had been shifted from the original San Francisco–Los Angeles scope and is now expected to open in February 2033. Commenter 1 said, "They hope to have it done by 02/1933, early operating, these people are funny," (the transcript records…
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