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Today the US Department of Transportation put another $928 million into the hands of the California high speed rail project and out of the reach of House Republicans: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today awarded a $928.6 million grant to the California High-Speed Rail Authority for initial construction of California High-Speed Rail. Construction will begin [...]
(See update below) It’s common for Cabinet secretaries to leave a presidential administration after the first term, so Ray LaHood’s announcement today that he will leave his post as Transportation Secretary in 2013 should not be a surprise. But that doesn’t make it any easier. Many transportation advocates were skeptical, to put it mildly, in [...]
In what had become the worst-kept secret in California (aside from Meg Whitman’s collapsing poll numbers), the federal government today announced $715 million in federal grant money for the California High Speed Rail project – specifically for a Central Valley segment. The Federal Railroad Administration did not specify which of the two segments – Merced [...]
Today the US Department of Transportation announced recipients of the $2.5 billion in HSR grants that were available under the FY 2010 budget appropriation, and California is getting nearly 30% of that total – around $715 million – for a Central Valley HSR segment: The Federal Railroad Administration has allocated $715 million in federal funds [...]
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