Posted on 05/05/2024 12:43:32 PM PDT by george76
The High Speed Rail Authority shared an update on the Fresno River Viaduct ..
They were widely mocked with Elon Musk and Billy Markus piling in ..
California has been mercilessly mocked for boasting about completing the 'world's most pointless crossing' to nowhere at a cost of $11billion.
The California High Speed Rail Authority shared an update on the Fresno River Viaduct in Madera County last week, proudly saying it was one of the 'first completed high-speed rail structures'.
The Tweet did not get the reaction officials were hoping for with Elon Musk and Dogecoin creator Billy Markus piling in to mock the project.
The Viaduct has taken nine years to build and has cost taxpayers $11 billion as part of the state's long-delayed, bullet-train plan attempting to link San Francisco to Los Angeles.
Commenting on photos showing the bridge stopping at only 1,600ft long with either end floating unconnected in the air, Markus tweeted: 'This is the most remarkable human achievement ever.'
Sharing the rail authority's tweet he added: '1600 feet of high speed rail after 9 years and 11 billion dollars it takes about 5 minutes to walk 1600 feet so a high speed rail for that is a really big deal.'
He added: 'Wow so impressive, can’t wait until year 2400 for this to finish for 700 quadrillion dollars.'
Musk then chimed in, adding a crying face emoji.
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So far $11 billion of taxpayer money has been sunk into the scheme which aims to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco.
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It will take an estimated $100 billion more to finish the project and link San Francisco to Los Angeles with many calling for the project to be scrapped.
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A magnet for vandals, homeless, gangs, and graffiti “artists.”
Its only potential use is as a negative example.
It's not just the construction company that gets paid. It's all the state officials who are hired to administer the project at high six figure salaries.
I guess you are right, unless there are consequences for misdeeds there never will be a solution. A good example is out corrupt government.
Di~Fi!
Only a matter of time before it’s a homeless encampment of shoddy tents and busted shopping carts
I’ll note there are no train tracks on this slab of concrete...
This is a modern-day version of the potlatch of the northwest indigenous tribes, where property was amassed and destroyed as a demonstration of one’s wealth and power, and in this case it’s the State of California swinging its dick around.
Reminds me of the freeway overpasses in San Jose that went nowhere in the early 70’s. It took years, but they were finally completed, and now are just a part of urban squalor no one pays attention to.
These are links to street view(s) of the fiasco.
Criminal waste of money.
It’s my understanding that the voters of California voted against this massive boondoggle but they got it anyway.
Don't know. Mongo only pawn in Game of Life.
And Dionne Warwick still doesn't know the way.
75 years ago they would have just filled it all in with a few underpasses for roads and tubes for water ways.
Yeah, it’s about 600 ft longer than our aircraft carriers.
Wow, the sign says 5000 workers. Must be union.
America is in a very strange time in its history where public thievery is out in the open.
Its covered with the most flimsy of excuses like “environmental protection” or “racial justice.” Few people care, and and indeed, large parts of the population even support the thievery, even though failure is guaranteed, and the amounts of money are increasingly mind-boggling
More like politically connected money launderers.
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