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“More grim news on $99 billion high-speed rail plan, as showdown looms”

November 2, 2011 – San Jose Mercury News

“Despite the soaring costs and dire projections, Gov. Jerry Brown and some leaders in the Legislature said Tuesday that they still support the ambitious plan. But the new estimates are forcing some Democratic lawmakers to seriously question whether the state can afford to build a bullet train to the future, while Republicans insistit’s time to kill the project or send it back to voters.

The bullet train is now expected to cost nearly triple what voters were promised when they approved the plan in 2008 and more than double the 2009 estimate.”

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