>The graded space for the rails already exists, and that is arguably the hardest part of building a railway. Connstruction is easy. It's the multi-stakeholder

>The graded space for the rails already exists, and that is arguably the hardest part of building a railway. Connstruction is easy. It's the multi-stakeholder approval process that's fiendishly difficult. You still have to go through that even if the graded space is already in place. Lots of stakeholders trying to get what's theirs, whether rent-seeking or stopping the work altogether. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/us/california-high-speed-rail-politics.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/us/california-high-speed-...