In 2008, California voted yes on a $9 billion bond authorization to build the nation’s first high-speed railway. The plan is to build an electric train that will connect Los Angeles with the Central Valley and then San Francisco in two hours and forty minutes. At the time, it was estimated the project would be complete by 2020 and cost $33 billion. But 15 years later, there is not a single mile of track laid, and there isn’t enough money to finish the project. The latest estimates show it will cost $88 billion to $128 billion to complete the entire system from LA to San Francisco. Inflation and higher construction costs have contributed to the high price tag. Despite the funding challenges, progress has been made on the project. 119 miles are under construction in California’s Central Valley. The project recently celebrated its 10,000th worker on the job. The infrastructure design work is complete, and 422 out of 500 miles have been environmentally cleared. CNBC visited California’s Central Valley, where construction is underway, to find out what it will take to complete what would be the nation’s largest infrastructure project.
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1:41 The Vision
4:48 Progress
8:17 Setbacks and challenges
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Why California’s High-Speed Rail Is Taking So Long
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How is the HSR going to bring economic rewards to the people of the Central Valley? How much is a ticket going to cost? Cheaper to pay for 1st class airline tickets for CA residents with what has so far been spent than what we have spent on this boondoggle.
Over 10 yrs., and not 1 piece of track installed.
A 15 minute video of ignorance and bureaucracy
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I’m sorry, the fact this project is estimated to cost approximately $130 BILLION in total is just outrageous and mind-boggling beyond measure .. gotta love American dysfunction
Clean??? Clean?????? What source of energy powers the electrical grid, bud?? What about all the emissions from all the construction equipment all along the corridor, going on for many years??? “ZERO SUGAR” Coke is a perfectly healthy soda .. yeahhhh
Let’s see, I can pay $50 in gas and have my car to get around when I get to my destination, or I can pay much more ($128 billion!), and have to pay more for transportation when I get there.
200MPH+ speeds will never be achieved on this train, unless they change the design to maglev.
If CA has to stand on its’ own two feet funding-wise like Boston’s Big Dig eventually had to, this will never get finished. The only thing keeping it going now is using the taxes of people on the East Coast to pay for it…people who will never ride it and who shouldn’t be asked to pay for it.
If you want electrified rail in CA then you had better get busy building nuclear power plants…cause you ain’t got the capacity for it now.
Once cities become this connected. Thier crimes rates will merge. Public transit attracts crime. Period. Who usually can’t afford a car and is forced to use systems they must share in close contact with strangers??? Hmmmm criminals! Who are poor because they have felonies which stop them from getting jobs.
Actually it will take forever.
California needs to get their budget together, before this state falls apart from high taxes.
CORRUPTION AND CORRUPT POLITICIANS
Land owners and lawyers getting rich , the tax payer getting poorer.
so you means skills worker need for this project.
This is in Fresno, they filmed this in Fresno I pass by that section every day 😂
CNBC raised concerns about the budget allocation for trains, however, it is important to also consider the budget for car infrastructure. Both modes of transportation play a crucial role in our society and deserve adequate funding.
Ok, when will the state of California start building out the electrical grid to accomadate these high speed electric trains, keeping in mind the additional electrical power that will be needed above and beyond the high speed trains requirements. What about the charging stations that will be needed for EV's that will replace gas stations? What about home charging stations for EV's that EV owners already have? The change from internal combustion engins to electric cars will become state mandated. Has California even started to plan, or budget, and everything else that needs to be done "before" building out the extra needed electical capacity? Just asking.
Na they definitely pocketing money. If the Vietnamese lady defrauded billions in Vietnam these vampires in Cali are doing it better..