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High-Speed Rail Project in California Under Scrutiny
Author: Jon
Date: 12-23-2011 - 21:46

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High-Speed Rail Project in California Under Scrutiny

By William Lajeunesse
Published December 23, 2011
FoxNews.com
News Story

The Obama administration's plans for a bullet train could be headed off the tracks in California, the one state where its high-speed rail initiative is still alive.

Since the project was first unveiled in 2008, officials tripled its projected cost, delayed its start of service 13 years, downsized ridership projections and increased ticket prices. Almost two-thirds of Californians now say they'd vote against issuing bonds to pay for a project they narrowly approved just three years ago.

"It is not viable. It is not the best use of tax dollars, especially when you're borrowing the money to do it," said California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who originally supported the project as a member of the state legislature.

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