Posted on 02/12/2019 12:17:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that the state will no longer pursue plans to build an estimated $77 billion high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco because the project "would cost too much and respectfully take too long," per the AP.
The big picture: The project was years behind schedule with an estimated completion date of 2033. It had been hamstrung by political backlash in the state, and polling showed that a majority of Californians disapproved of the plan as costs ballooned.
Similar proposals for high-speed trains on the East Coast, including along the heavily trafficked Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., and Boston, have also fallen apart due to opposition and massive cost estimates, per the New York Times.
LOL! You have FReepmail!
:-) BtD
You have to watch the elevation also. Southern Idaho much higher in elevation than northern, especially the eastern parts of the southern (talking about the cities, not the mountains). Sandpoint and CDA, etc., really don’t have “brutal” winters by northern USA standards.
You are right - they will just have to turn it west and build it across the ocean.....probably be cheaper than what they’ve been dealing with...
got to make sure they have enough money to make everything free for illegals.
There is fraud in voting no doubt, but the vast majority are valid votes. The state is a leftist state and will be for a long long time.
Almost like it was planned that way...
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