California's High-Speed Rail Authority on Monday urged the Trump administra...
WASHINGTON - California’s High-Speed Rail Authority on Monday urged the Trump administration to abandon plans to withhold $929 million in funding and seek to claw back $2.5 billion the state has already received for a rail project, calling the effort “disastrous” and “unlawful.”
The administration last month moved to end funding after California Governor Gavin Newsom said the state would scale back the planned $77.3 billion high-speed rail project after cost hikes, delays and management concerns, but would finish a smaller section. Kelly on Monday asked the FRA to reconsider its “rash and unlawful action” and discuss its concerns with the state authority. The FRA decision will not be finalized until it reviews California’s protest.
Newsom said last month the state would instead complete a 119-mile high-speed link between Merced and Bakersfield in the state’s Central Valley.
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