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Re: Hemet....?
Author: BOB2
Date: 07-14-2021 - 19:52
ElGringo Wrote:
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> Bob, do you ever see them extending into downtown
> Hemet at the old Santa Fe depot?
The 91 is the project that ate Riverside County's sales tax... So, no, not soon... Getting the service levels up during the week, and getting weekend/special event services to South Perris would help build political of market support for that. Unfortunately, I still don't see much "leadership" and/or political "will" at either the Local or State level to spend on getting actual "passengers" on actual trains, by boosting operating assistance for commute and intercity "services". This, even though the State is "flush" and can afford to "throw" money at contractors between the surplus and the gas tax revenues.
The list of still needed road and freeway improvements that are needed in Riverside County is still staggering, with a limited sales tax and State base committed. And so, the Federal "infrastructure" bill and appropriations are the new "panacea", including for things like the Coachella Valley extension... Will the infrastructure bill, the funding match processes, and Congressional appropriations flow to projects like the Hemet extension, or Coachella Valley, Del Mar Bluffs, or will it be pissed away on the gold plated runaway money train? That will depend a lot on what Cbngress does, how the administration implements it, and on actual local Congressmen, like Ken Calvert, bringing home the money to their local projects...
On to Hemet any time soon? As the zen master likes to say: "We'll see?"
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> Bob, do you ever see them extending into downtown
> Hemet at the old Santa Fe depot?
The 91 is the project that ate Riverside County's sales tax... So, no, not soon... Getting the service levels up during the week, and getting weekend/special event services to South Perris would help build political of market support for that. Unfortunately, I still don't see much "leadership" and/or political "will" at either the Local or State level to spend on getting actual "passengers" on actual trains, by boosting operating assistance for commute and intercity "services". This, even though the State is "flush" and can afford to "throw" money at contractors between the surplus and the gas tax revenues.
The list of still needed road and freeway improvements that are needed in Riverside County is still staggering, with a limited sales tax and State base committed. And so, the Federal "infrastructure" bill and appropriations are the new "panacea", including for things like the Coachella Valley extension... Will the infrastructure bill, the funding match processes, and Congressional appropriations flow to projects like the Hemet extension, or Coachella Valley, Del Mar Bluffs, or will it be pissed away on the gold plated runaway money train? That will depend a lot on what Cbngress does, how the administration implements it, and on actual local Congressmen, like Ken Calvert, bringing home the money to their local projects...
On to Hemet any time soon? As the zen master likes to say: "We'll see?"
