Audit of California high-speed rail finds inadequate federal oversight

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Federal regulators were not aggressive enough in reacting to the California bullet train's problems while overseeing a $2.5-billion grant to the troubled project, an audit released Friday found.

The California project received more than a third of federal spending for high-speed rail projects across the country and as it went over budget and fell behind schedule the Federal Railroad Administration missed opportunities to document and react to the growing problems, the audit found.

The audit backs up Trump administration assertions that the state did not meet the grant terms, but also faults the federal regulators for not doing its part.

 

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Leave it to California to blame the federal government for being suckers that California knew what it was doing in the first place. Even a high-speed rail advocate called CA's plan 'the poorest I have EVER seen.' But, the CALegislature passed it anyway.

Wait...because the management of HSR is so screwed up it's the fault of the Feds? What the hell?

Gavin keeps reminding everyone how much surplus cash CA has. CA can write a check to pay for the rest of this bad idea. They don’t need the feds.

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