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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 6132743" data-attributes="member: 12952">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://nypost.com/2025/06/04/us-news/california-got-7b-from-feds-for-high-speed-rail-but-never-laid-any-track-report/[/URL]Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened Wednesday to pull federal grants for <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/05/04/us-news/california-mocked-over-high-speed-rail-bridge-to-nowhere-that-took-9-years-to-build/" target="_blank">California’s High-Speed Rail Authority</a> (CHSRA) after it spent nearly $7 billion in taxpayer funds over a decade and a half without laying a single foot of track.In a 310-page report, Duffy detailed the missed deadlines and stretched budget for the long-running project — and gave the Golden State’s high-speed rail office until July 11 to respond or get around $4 billion in additional grants cut off.“This report exposes a cold, hard truth: CHSRA has no viable path to complete this project on time or on budget,” he said.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 6132743, member: 12952"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://nypost.com/2025/06/04/us-news/california-got-7b-from-feds-for-high-speed-rail-but-never-laid-any-track-report/[/URL] Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened Wednesday to pull federal grants for [URL='https://nypost.com/2024/05/04/us-news/california-mocked-over-high-speed-rail-bridge-to-nowhere-that-took-9-years-to-build/']California’s High-Speed Rail Authority[/URL] (CHSRA) after it spent nearly $7 billion in taxpayer funds over a decade and a half without laying a single foot of track. In a 310-page report, Duffy detailed the missed deadlines and stretched budget for the long-running project — and gave the Golden State’s high-speed rail office until July 11 to respond or get around $4 billion in additional grants cut off. “This report exposes a cold, hard truth: CHSRA has no viable path to complete this project on time or on budget,” he said. [/QUOTE]

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