Newsom cheers California’s high-speed rail at State of State — despite $135B price tag, years of false starts

Source: New York Post

California Gov. Gavin Newsom bragged that the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco high-speed rail was “back on track” during his State of the State speech Thursday — despite the project being America’s most expensive train project that has taken years to get rolling. “Speaking of tracks, we’re finally laying them,” Newsom said, unleashing a greatest-hits style list of progress on the $135 billion project: more than 60 miles of guideway poured in the Central Valley, roughly 50 major structures built, thousands of parcels acquired, and environmental clearance for most of the route.