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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Trump administration takes aim at $4B in funding for California high-speed rail

California High Speed Rail - (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The Trump administration is once again targeting California's controversial high-speed rail project, with federal transportation officials on Thursday announcing an investigation and possible withdrawal of about $4 billion in federal funding.

Voters first approved $10 billion in bond money in 2008 for a project designed to shuttle riders between San Francisco and Los Angeles in less than three hours. It was slated to cost $33 billion and be finished by 2020. But the project has been beset by funding challenges, cost overruns and delays.

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