tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183447461205976739.post7055123942602368594..comments2024-02-26T17:13:18.702-06:00Comments on DemoCurmudgeon: Walker's opposition to High Speed Rail Kills Minnesota's dream for speed between Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul!!!Democurmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16336177394503335112noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183447461205976739.post-33794508992307462492018-01-24T10:41:02.164-06:002018-01-24T10:41:02.164-06:00Sen. Ron Johnson: FBI Informant Says 'Secret S...Sen. Ron Johnson: FBI Informant Says 'Secret Society' Held Secret Meetings Off-SiteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183447461205976739.post-40763200113343373222018-01-23T14:30:07.516-06:002018-01-23T14:30:07.516-06:00I'm sure you would have opposed the interstate...I'm sure you would have opposed the interstate highway system for cost overruns too. You are an insipid freeloading naysaying ignorant ass. Nothing quite makes as much sense as a border wall, whether you support it or not. Let's all stay in one place, burn coal and gasoline, and forget progress because it costs too much, except when it comes to corporate welfare. Foxconn anyone? Now that's money well spent.Democurmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336177394503335112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183447461205976739.post-91992032106721798742018-01-23T12:52:04.742-06:002018-01-23T12:52:04.742-06:00Confidential report: California bullet train could...Confidential report: California bullet train could cost billions more than expected<br />Katy Murphy<br />PUBLISHED: January 13, 2017 at 2:37 pm | UPDATED: January 14, 2017 at 3:10 am<br />Categories:California News, Latest Headlines, News, Transportation<br /><br />Conceptual design of high-speed trains.<br />SACRAMENTO — The first stage of California’s costly high-speed rail project may be even more expensive — $3.6 billion more — than previously thought, according to a report prepared by the Federal Railroad Administration and reported by the Los Angeles Times.<br /><br />The Times reported that the sobering risk analysis — conducted by a federal agency that has staunchly supported the project to whisk passengers between San Francisco and Los Angeles in less than three hours — outlined management problems. The report was presented to California High-Speed Rail Authority officials last month, according to the Times.<br /><br />Related Articles<br />California bullet train, Delta tunnels: Jerry Brown’s pet projects face threat from ballot measure<br />Did bullet train officials ignore warning about need for taxpayer money?<br />The federal agency is monitoring the California project because it has invested $3.5 billion in the first phase, through the Central Valley. Eventually those tracks will be extended to San Jose, according to the latest plan.<br /><br />The analysis warned that the Central Valley track, 119 miles from Merced to Shafter, could be 50 percent over budget — and seven years behind schedule, according to the Times. The original budget was $6.4 billion, but costs could reach $10 billion, the Times reported.<br /><br />The rail authority’s chief executive, Jeff Morales, insisted to the Times that the project would cost less than the feds projected.<br /><br />Reading this on your iPhone or iPad? Check out our new Apple News app channel here, and if you like it click the + at the top of the page.<br /><br />“The point of doing this analysis is to identify the challenges and work through them,” he said. “They are not conclusions and not findings.”<br /><br />California voters approved the project — originally said to cost $40 billion — in 2008. The latest official estimate for the bullet train is about $64 billion.<br /><br />View more on The Mercury News<br /><br />You're an insipid ignorant ass<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com