Post #793132 by tikiskip on Wed, Feb 13, 2019 5:15 AM

THIS is what you will get.
The thing that our leaders do best, piss away our money trying to save us all.

All I ask is that we all look at the good and bad sides of these plans that are so costly and ask will this really help the situation.

California governor abandons $77 billion high-speed train between LA and San Francisco

The project has ballooned to $77 billion.
Newsom, though, said he wants to finish construction already underway on a segment of the high-speed train through the Central Valley. The project would connect a 119-mile stretch from Merced to Bakersfield.
“I know that some critics are going to say, ‘Well, that’s a train to nowhere.’ But I think that’s wrong and I think that’s offensive,” Newsom said. “It’s about economic transformation. It’s about unlocking the enormous potential of the Valley.”

Rushed construction and poor management cost the rail authority $600 million in budget overruns, according to the audit.

It could cost another $1.6 billion to complete Central Valley segments alone, Howle's report found. That would bring the total for the initial track to $10.6 billion, about 75 percent higher than the original $6 billion estimate.