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.

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California Democrats race to secure more funding for high-speed rail

A high-speed rail project in California is running out of time to get funding approval before Donald Trump returns to the White House.

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Newsweek

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California high-speed rail funding faces race against time

Washington State U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell recently announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration will grant Washington State $49.7 million for planning of the proposed Cascadia high-speed rail project, and Washington State will also invest $5.5 million in matching funds. The Cascadia line, which will connect Portland, Vancouver and Seattle, may be built with high-speed tracks designed specifically for …

華州美國參議員瑪麗亞．坎特韋爾（Maria Cantwell）近日宣布，美國交通部聯邦鐵路管理局將向華州撥款4,970萬美元，用於擬議中的卡斯卡迪亞高鐵項目的規劃工作，華州也將投入550萬美元的配套資金。 在這條將連接波特蘭、溫哥華和西雅圖的鐵路卡斯卡迪亞線上，可能會鋪設專門為客運鐵路設計的高速軌道，列車行駛時速將達到250英里。建...

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Falun Gong

Washington state high-speed rail project receives federal funding | Federal "Corridor ID" program

The Central Valley Training Center opened in 2020 to offer a pathway to a trade for regional residents to learn and one day work for the high-speed rail. Today, 223 students have graduated from the program.

Los Angeles Times

Patrick Soon-Shiong

Los Angeles

Los Angeles County

California

How the high-speed rail project trains workers and provides thousands of jobs in the Central Valley

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.
“By preparing for future final design and construction of complex tunnels in this corrid…

The Epoch Times

Epoch Media Group

New York

California Lawmakers Ask Buttigieg for High-Speed Rail Grant

Bucking the intent of the incoming Trump administration to cut down on unnecessary expenditures, California Democrats in Congress sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg urging him to hurry and approve additional funding for California’s floundering high-speed rail project. On November 30, the incoming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, noted on X: 
Summary of California High Speed …

The Daily Wire

Ben Shapiro

Nashville

Davidson County

Tennessee

BUCKING DOGE: CA Dems Beg Buttigieg To Give $536M To High-Speed Rail Before He’s Gone

Democratic Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff joined House colleagues in calling for the transportation secretary to approve $536 million for the project.

SF Chronicle

Hearst Communications

San Francisco

San Francisco County

California lawmakers push for ‘essential’ funds for high-speed rail before Trump takes office

Before Donald Trump and Elon Musk can gut California’s high-speed rail project, Democrats are calling on Pete Buttigieg to approve funding.

The Sacramento Bee

McClatchy

Sacramento

Sacramento County

CA Dems ask Pete Buttigieg to fund high-speed rail project

(The Center Square) — California’s senators have sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg requesting last-minute federal funding for the state’s high-speed rail project before the Trump administration

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Franklin News Foundation

California urges Buttigeg to grant last-minute cash for LA-SF bullet train as DOGE looms

What’s New A high-speed rail project in California previously condemned by President-elect Donald Trump has asked the federal government for over half a billion dollars to continue construction. California lawmakers urged Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to approve the extra funding so that tunneling could continue on the Central Valley project, which would become the most traveled intercity passenger service in the U.S. if completed. New…

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