The Biden administration will award about $3 billion in federal dollars to the California High-Speed Rail Authority to build a two-track electrified rail line that will connect Merced, Fresno, and Bakersfield, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Tuesday.
- Pelosi and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) both touted the grant as a win after lobbying for the project to secure infrastructure law (
Public Law 117-58 ) funding - California has spent more than a decade working on its bullet train, but the project has been hindered by excess costs and delays
- Republicans have tried to block federal support for the California ...