The Trump administration transformed its threats against the California bullet train project into a sour reality, terminating a $929-million grant for construction in the Central Valley.
High-speed rail supporters condemned the federal action. Robbie Hunter, president of the State Building and Construction Trades Council, termed it a blow to working families. State Sen. Jim Beall called it an “irrational decision.”
“California has abandoned its original vision of a high-speed passenger rail service connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles, which was essential to its applications for FRA grant funding,” the Federal Railroad Administration said in a statement issued Thursday along with the letter. The loss of the $929 million and the possible loss of the additional $2.5 billion would clearly jeopardize Newsom’s plan for a partial operating system that runs from Bakersfield to Merced. The plan was outlined May 1 in a project update, which projected that by 2029 the state could be operating electrically powered high-speed trains. The plan would cost $20.4 billion.
“It is still a big hit to the project,” Fong said. “It is devastating. But if cap and trade comes in a little above the low end, we will have adequate funds.”
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