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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Dec 19, 2018, 04:18 PM Dec 2018

Opinion piece: California's High Speed Rail Project Will Collapse Within Four Years [View all]

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Passenger Trains > Article Claims CAHSR Dead Within 4 Years (or sooner)

Date: 12/17/18 13:45
Article Claims CAHSR Dead Within 4 Years (or sooner)
Author: norm1153

According to this article (this word was changed from "report" ), California High Speed Rail will be dead in four years, or perhaps even two years.

Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/17/18 14:24 by norm1153.

California’s High Speed Rail Project Will Collapse Within Four Years

Brian Wang | December 14, 2018

There is a new report on the cost overruns on the California High-Speed rail project. Those no longer matter. The project will not get any meaningful money to complete any useful part. I predict this project will collapse within four years. I am giving myself a bit of leeway in this prediction. I think it is likely the plug will be pulled on the project within two years. The exact timing depends upon the nature of Gavin Newsom’s and the California’s government’s retreat. Is the illusion of a project maintained in order to gain a position in the legal battles? The project is already a dead man walking.
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