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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander

We gave $7B to California for a high-speed rail line and no track was ever laid: ‘Trains to nowhere’

The federal government handed $7 billion to California to build a high-speed rail line, but the Golden State never laid a single foot of track, according to a new report.

This prompted Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to threaten that he may remove federal grants to the state’s High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA).

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