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Big news today: the California High Speed Rail Authority is reporting that they have been told by the federal government that all the high speed rail money the project has received so far – the ARRA funding and the recent $715 million grant – must be spent on one of the two Central Valley segments. [...]
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 [...]
The California High Speed Rail Authority has taken a lot of criticism over the last two years for its process and practices, with critics and supporters agreeing that some sort of reform is needed. Today CHSRA CEO Roelof van Ark, still new to the office and the Authority, has taken a big step in the [...]
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