California Construction News staff writer
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced today that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has withdrawn more than $175 million in funding for four projects tied to California’s high-speed rail initiative, calling the state’s effort a “boondoggle” and a waste of taxpayer dollars.
“In twenty years, California has not been able to lay a single track of high-speed rail,” Duffy said in a statement. “Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg didn’t care about these failures and dumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the state’s wish list of related fantasy projects. The waste ends here. As of today, the American people are done investing in California’s failed experiment.”…