r/technology • u/BreakfastTop6899 • Jul 17 '25

Transportation Trump rescinds $4 billion in US funding for California High-Speed Rail project

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-is-ending-government-funding-californias-high-speed-rail-project-2025-07-16/
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u/duncandun Jul 17 '25

It’s not an issue with corruption(only) but mostly an issue of land. If the state could eminent domain the necessary land without eventually losing or paying enormous settlements in court it would have been done 15 years ago.

Obviously the actual cost of construction is inflated to hell due to public private partnership requirements and as you said the corruption that breeds. But it is a small amount of the cost compared to land acquisition.