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But they weren't going to connect either end to anything. It was just a boondoggle railroad through nowhere. If at least one end had been in the Bay or in LA, i

• dragonwriter 7y ago
  > But they weren't going to connect either end to anything. Yes, they were. There was confusion caused by Newsome's restatement of the status quo (that the outside funding sought for construction outside of the initial construction segment had not yet been secured, and until it was, that construction wouldn't happen), but the plan was always to continue environmental clearances and work on lining up funding for the entire Phase 1 SF-LA project, with focus on first finishing the SJ-Bakersfield initial operating segment (of which the Merced to Bakersfield initial construction segment included a large part.)