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Under Construction Plagued by delays, California high-speed rail back in court | The Sacramento Bee Feb., 2016
Summary:Problems: - Eight years after they approved funding for it, construction is years behind schedule and legal, financial and logistical delays plague the $68 billion project. - As of Feb. 2016 they have just 63 percent of the parcels needed for the first 29 miles in the Central Valley. - A lawsuit was filed by residents whose property lies in its path, which is slowing things down and putting $2.5 billion in federal stimulus funds in jeopardy. - Attorneys for a group of Central Valley farmers will argue in Sacramento County Superior Court on Feb 11th 2016 that the state can't keep the promises it made to voters in 2008 about the travel times and system cost. Voters authorized selling $9.9 billion in bonds for a project that was supposed to cost $40 billion. |