California Lawmakers Ask Buttigieg for High-Speed Rail Grant

The lawmakers asked the transportation secretary for $536 million for a Central Valley tunnel. In his first term, Trump called the project a ‘green disaster.’

A group of California senators and representatives urged Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to approve a $536 million grant to help with design costs for a segment of the California High Speed Rail project. California High Speed Rail Authority

A handful of Democratic lawmakers from California sent a request on Dec. 20 to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg for $536 million to keep the state’s high-speed rail project running.

The grant money would support the design of a tunneling project from the Central Valley toward California’s largest population centers, according to the lawmakers.