California's high-speed rail project is in big trouble

[flowers]

http://www.businessinsider.com/californias-controversial-high-speed-rail-system-is-up-against-a-new-challenge-2016-1

California's plans for a high-speed rail system are coming undone as indecision over routes undermines progress, the Los Angeles Times reports.

In 2012 the state rail authority decided to build the first segment of the $68 billion project from LA's Union Station into the Central Valley, ending well short of the final goal: a 2 hour, 40 minute trip from LA to the San Francisco Bay Area.

The 2012 plan would confront the most challenging part of the route first: the rocky Tehachapi and San Gabriel Mountains just north of LA. It would also provide the first physical manifestation of the long-proposed project and give some assurance of its political survival.

[truth_seeker]

There is a movement to redirect spending to water, not high speed transportation.

Specifically the proposals would involve moving water from north to south, which has been analyzed and  discussed for decades.

[flowers]

There is a movement to redirect spending to water, not high speed transportation.

Specifically the proposals would involve moving water from north to south, which has been analyzed and  discussed for decades.

I think a congressman has a bill he is going to try to get passed that moves the money for water.