Transportation Secretary Axes Additional Funds for California High-Speed Rail Projects

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the move will save U.S. taxpayers $175 million.
Transportation Secretary Axes Additional Funds for California High-Speed Rail Projects
A full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train is displayed at the California Capitol in Sacramento. Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has canceled $175 million from California’s high-speed rail project, a month after the agency withdrew $4 billion in federal grants to the project.

The move cuts funding for four projects related to the high-speed rail, including the Le Grand Overcrossing on the Merced Extension ($89.6 million), the Southern San Jose Grade Separations ($7.5 million), the final design for track and rail systems at the Transbay Terminal ($24.7 million), and the Madera High-Speed Rail Station ($54.5 million).

Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.