Asministration delays major infrastructure project, cancels 9600 jobs.

[Milchshake]

A bad sign for infrastructure spending.

Trump’s newly appointed transportation secretary, Elaine Chao has slammed the brakes on a $2 billion project to upgrade the Caltrain line from San Jose to San Francisco.
Last Friday, Chao halted the $647 million federal grant that helps cover the project until an audit can be completed. Caltrain has already selected contractors to get started on construction by March 1. If they aren’t able to get started by that date, the bidding process will begin all over again and likely at a much higher cost.

There’s little chance Caltrain can meet its deadline now that an audit is required, and the cost penalties could be “so severe that we might not be able to do the project,” Seamus Murphy, the rail system’s chief communications officer, told the Los Angeles Times.
Caltrain officials are asking Trump to intervene and direct the FTA to fund the electrification process of the existing Caltrain system. They say the project would create 9,600 jobs.

[Xeones]

Well, glad the "promises" Trump made that I actually liked he has no intention of carrying out (aside from the TPP which was an easy flick of the pen). He just wants to keep the stupid promises.

[Breccia]

Chao's confirmation vote was 93-6. Don't put this on the "assministration".

[GodlyBob]

People do not call for an expensive audit on a whim. There must be a good reason.

Public transportation hurts coal miners? I don't know. A lot of people use caltrain to commute every day, it's hard to figure out why maintenance, repair, and upgrading a popular and efficient line would be a bad thing.

[Milchshake]

Public transportation hurts coal miners? I don't know. A lot of people use caltrain to commute every day, it's hard to figure out why maintenance, repair, and upgrading a popular and efficient line would be a bad thing.

They get to troll a bunch of liberals. Who cares if electricians, linesmen, mechanics dont get jobs.

[Xeones]

People do not call for an expensive audit on a whim. There must be a good reason.

Trump hates California?

[Wyrt]

People do not call for an expensive audit on a whim. There must be a good reason.

Pretty sure the reason is because it's California.

[kaid]

Trump hates California?

probably more likely than not that they are just doing what they can to F with cali.

[A dot Ham]

Should be fine... I mean California is self-reliant enough to be its own country right? #Calexit

[Wyrt]

Should be fine... I mean California is self-reliant enough to be its own country right? #Calexit

When people suggest that they're saying if the state wasn't paying money to the federal government and was keeping it for themselves.

[Mad_Murdock]

Public transportation hurts coal miners? I don't know. A lot of people use caltrain to commute every day, it's hard to figure out why maintenance, repair, and upgrading a popular and efficient line would be a bad thing.

Sadly, I'm 97.2362% confident it's payback or a middle finger gesture to Cali Democrats

[A dot Ham]

When people suggest that they're saying if the state wasn't paying money to the federal government and was keeping it for themselves.

The state isn't paying the federal government. Its people are.

But because good ol Governor Brown decided to engage in some creative accounting. The financial viability of anything he endorses will now be suspect. The problem isn't Trump, its not the Transportation Secretary... its Brown trying to look like he is doing more good than he actually is.

[Kaleredar]

Public transportation hurts coal miners? I don't know. A lot of people use caltrain to commute every day, it's hard to figure out why maintenance, repair, and upgrading a popular and efficient line would be a bad thing.

Because they should all buy cars to support the US auto industry, of course!

[Klingers]

People do not call for an expensive audit on a whim. There must be a good reason.

Yep California's a blue state.

[Azelas]

Blue state doesn't get infrastructure.

[Azadina]

How about bringing all those jobs? Oh, right, that was just lies.

[josykay]

How about bringing all those jobs? Oh, right, that was just lies.

Only for Non-Rustbelt-Red-States of course. Who cares about those democrat traitors!

[Rasulis]

The article said that CA house republicans asked the administration to block the federal grant for the high speed rail project. It did not say that the administration has done so.

Also, assuming the book keeping is done properly per federal audit requirements, which they should if they know they are planning to obtain a federal grant, a federal audit should not take too long. Although, a politically motivated audit could still drag on. If they decide to audit the bookkeeping of every single tier 1, 2 and 3 subs on that project, that could go on for long time.

[Tijuana]

A bad sign for infrastructure spending.

Trump’s newly appointed transportation secretary, Elaine Chao has slammed the brakes on a $2 billion project to upgrade the Caltrain line from San Jose to San Francisco.
Last Friday, Chao halted the $647 million federal grant that helps cover the project until an audit can be completed. Caltrain has already selected contractors to get started on construction by March 1. If they aren’t able to get started by that date, the bidding process will begin all over again and likely at a much higher cost.

There’s little chance Caltrain can meet its deadline now that an audit is required, and the cost penalties could be “so severe that we might not be able to do the project,” Seamus Murphy, the rail system’s chief communications officer, told the Los Angeles Times.
Caltrain officials are asking Trump to intervene and direct the FTA to fund the electrification process of the existing Caltrain system. They say the project would create 9,600 jobs.

Why should non-Californians pay for this project? If California is the 8th largest economy, were they to secede, why do they get so much federal aid?

[Belize]

Why should non-Californians pay for this project? If California is the 8th largest economy, were they to secede, why do they get so much federal aid?

IDK, why do Texans have to paid for all the other poor Republican states that get millions upon millions each year in aid?