Trump administration pulls $175 million from California rail
NASA manager Sean Duffy visits the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Control Building in Kennedy Space Center for Kennedy Space Center for Kennedy Space Center 39A before the NASA and Spacex Launch Crew-11 Mission in Florida on July 31, 2025.
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Transportation secretary Sean Duffy attracted $ 175 million from California’s high -speed railway project on Tuesday only one month after canceling $ 4 billion in federal grants.
Duffy referred to four projects about the wider California, which will lose funds, including parts extensions, class distinctions, design work and construction of a train station in Madera. Duffy said that the entire project has been involved in a cost of $ 15 billion so far and calls it “Bondoggle”.
“California could not watch a single high -speed rail in twenty years.” He said. expression. “Waste is here. As of today, the American people finish investing in California’s unsuccessful experiment. Instead, it will focus on making travel again by investing in good -managed projects that can turn projects such as my department and high -speed rail.”
An air image shows construction workers who built Hanford Viaduct on 198 and past agricultural areas as part of the California high -speed railway (CAHSR) transit project in Hanford, California on February 12, 2025.
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California High Speed Railway Authority did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comments.
Duffy also directed the federal railway administration to review all compulsory grants for the project on Tuesday.
In July, the management canceled all the federal funds of the railway group after a Fra report This found “serious concerns” with the applicability of the project, including the claim that it could not complete the project according to the deadline and the allegations that the contract was violated.
California Filed to file a lawsuit The Ministry of Transportation in July for the “illegal” action. One OP-ED Duffy at Sacramento Bee, California Gov. Gavin replied, “He has no idea what the functional government looks like”.
The project initially predicted In 2008, after a state ballot passing a state ballot in order to unite San Francisco and Los Angeles under three hours to reduce To provide a shorter tension between Merced and Bakersfield.
According to Fra, it was estimated that the current repetition of the plan would cost approximately $ 22 billion with the end date of 2033.
The railway system told CNBC that most of its funds were provided by the government, not by the government.
