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Tag: California High Speed Rail

California High-Speed Rail Board Approves Construction of Lines into Bakersfield, Merced

August 18, 2022   2:30 amAugust 17, 2022   9:02 pm
The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors announced on Wednesday that they approved the  continued construction of the network into both Merced and Bakersfield. Originally estimated to cost $33 billion in 2008, costs of the high speed rail system...
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What Else California Could Have Done With the High-Speed Rail Funds

July 25, 2022   2:50 amJuly 24, 2022   7:39 pm
First things first, let’s set some parameters for this article. One – California’s High Speed Rail network is not going to be built. At this point, that’s a given. Two – Even it were to be built and managed to hit...
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California’s Electric High Speed Rail: No Power, No Money, No ‘High Speed’

July 22, 2022   2:50 amJuly 23, 2022   4:54 pm
“If it is built, California’s High-Speed Rail would be the largest public works project in state history. That fact alone appears be intoxicating to state officials, in a perpetual quest to have California be the first state to do anything,”...
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The Abundance Choice, Part 8: The Union Factor

May 28, 2022   2:22 amMay 31, 2022   4:47 pm
The moment we met Robbie Hunter, then president of the State Building and Construction Trades Council, we knew we were in the presence of a man who does not lose. Assemblyman Devon Mathis had urged me to contact the construction unions...
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California High-Speed Rail to Receive Nearly $1 Billion in Restored Funding

June 11, 2021   10:56 am
Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the Department of Transportation finalized negotiations to restore $929 million of grants back to California High-Speed Rail on Thursday. The funding, originally allocated to California for the high-speed rail program during the Obama Administration in...
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House Republicans Add More Pressure To Stop Funding for California High-Speed Rail

April 19, 2021   2:50 pm
In the last week, pressure has grown in Washington for Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg to not fund or support California High-Speed Rail (CHSR). While there has always been significant opposition against the federal government from funding CHSR,...
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California High Speed Rail Authority Faces Another Two Year Delay in Construction

March 30, 2021   7:13 amApril 1, 2021   6:46 am
A released letter from Spanish construction firm Dragados Monday found that the opening of the California high speed rail stretch between Bakersfield and Merced was likely to be delayed by another two years. In a letter obtained by the Los...
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