California’s high-speed rail needs $700 million in relief and could lose federal funds

California’s $35 billion high-speed rail project requires at least $7 billion in relief by 2033 for the highly populated Central Valley.

The Trump administration is investigating federal funds for the project, and Congressional bills could completely close the project’s further federal funds.

“There’s a funding gap of about $7 billion to complete the Bakersfield segment from Merced.” I wrote it The office of a National Funding Legislative Analyst. “Other factors could drive the growth of the funding gap for projects, including: (1) potential losses in federal funds, such as those not yet mandated; (2) increased inflation and other construction costs; (3) uncertainty related to the expected future. [state Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund] income. ”

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Laos also said the inspector’s California High Speed ​​Railroad Bureau “The HSRA must avoid any negative impacts on Merced and Bakersfield segment schedules as it will need to secure funds to meet the majority of the fund disparities identified by June 2026.”

Trump administration’s Transport Secretary Sean Duffy cited a new shortage in X-posts highlighting the state’s long-standing position from Los Angeles to San Francisco trains, which was approved by voters in 2008 at a cost of $33 billion.

Duffy said it has spent $15 billion on projects so far, with $2.5 billion from federal funds and $4 billion of “undistributed federal funds under review.” He also said that “zero-fast trucks” were laid, and the total cost of the LA-SF line “surged beyond $10 billion without expected completion dates.”

He said: “We will continue to investigate this project to determine how federal dollars are being used and whether federal support should continue.”

If the bill proposed by R-California Rep. Kevin Kiley passes, the project is not eligible for future federal funding.

“The CA high speed rail disaster somehow got even worse.” I said Killie. “I put in place laws to cut off all federal funds and end the project forever.”

On his nationally syndicated iHeartradio podcast, “This Is Gavin Newsom,” California Governor Gavin Newsom was challenged by guest New York Times columnist Ezra Klein, where state delays and costs built the project.

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“At the end of the day there are these well-established constraints and existing constraints,” replied Newsom, who hosts the podcast. “There are no high-speed rail systems that are popular and unsuccessful. Most are very popular. It’s an experience that no one has experienced in the United States. At least we’re bold.”

At the state level, Republican lawmakers responded to the lack of plans on how to fund the remainder of the first game of the project by proposing a bill that required the HSRA to provide such a plan.

The bill, AB 377, unanimously passed the Congressional Transport Committee with full bipartisan support and has now headed for the Approximately Expenditure Committee.

“Without a clear financial roadmap, the project risks that it leaves Fresno with incomplete and unusable infrastructure. Modern Stonehenge.” I said Bill author, Councillor David Tangipa and R-Fresno, through the area where the train runs. “By requesting a funding plan legally, AB 377 enforces accountability before more taxpayer funds are wasted on government mismanagement.”

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