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08-10-2011, 02:41 AM #1
Ca. high speed rail
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California's High-Speed Rail Draws $179 Million in Federal Aid as Cost Soars
Published August 09, 2011
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This image provided by the California High-Speed Rail Authority shows an artist's conception of a high-speed rail station in California.
The Obama administration announced this week it's giving California $179 million to fill in portions of a high-speed rail that will travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco, but the project is increasingly being portrayed as a local transportation boondoggle, with the cost for building the first section billions more than originally estimated.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, while governor, said the total $43 billion cost was too prohibitive to create the 220-mile per hour system, but his successor, Gov. Jerry Brown, has accepted federal cash, in what will now be divided between three areas.
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