Trump v California: administration wants to get billions in rail funding back

US transportation department also announced plans to cancel $929m in grant funds that were yet to be paid, in latest point of friction One ... thumbnail 1 summary

US transportation department also announced plans to cancel $929m in grant funds that were yet to be paid, in latest point of friction

One week after Donald Trump called California’s high-speed rail project a “‘green’ disaster”, the US Department of Transportation announced plans to cancel $929m in federal grant funds that were yet to be paid toward the $77bn endeavor.

The department also “is actively exploring every legal option to seek the return from California of $2.5bn in federal funds FRA (Federal Railroad Administration) previously granted,” according to the statement released Tuesday.

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