Trump administration pulls $1B from California rail project
Associated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Trump administration cancelled nearly $1 billion Thursday in federal money for California’s high-speed rail project, further throwing into question the future of the ambitious plan to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco. “This is California’s money, appropriated by Congress, and we will vigorously defend it in court.” The official word of the funding cancellation by the Federal Railroad Administration came several months after President Donald Trump first threatened to withdraw it. The state “has not demonstrated the ability to complete the project, let alone deliver it by the end of 2022,” Ronald Batory, administrator of the railroad administration, wrote in a letter to rail officials. California voters first approved nearly $10 billion in bonds for the high-speed rail project in 2008, and it’s been plagued by cost overruns and delays since.
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