California got nearly $7B from feds for
high-speed rail — but never laid any
track, bombshell report shows
Posted By: mc squared, 6/4/2025 11:02:57 AM
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened Wednesday to pull federal grants for California’s High-Speed Rail Authority after it spent nearly $7 billion in taxpayer funds over a decade and a half without laying a single foot of track. In a more than 300-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 37 days to respond or lose out on around $4 billion in grants. “This report exposes a cold, hard truth: CHSRA has no viable path to complete this project on time or on budget,” he said.
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