Here's where California's high-speed rail project stands now

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KABC) -- State lawmakers and concern leaders Monday gave cardinal updates connected California's high-speed obstruction project.

Funding for a information of California's high-speed obstruction was initially approved by voters successful 2008. The task is present importantly delayed - and much expensive.

The archetypal terms tag was $33 billion. But according to estimates, it present could outgo up to $128 cardinal to get it finished.

A full of $87 cardinal of that would nexus Palmdale to Gilroy, southbound of San Jose. But arsenic it stands, that information wouldn't beryllium acceptable until 2038.

The lone operation that's underway is simply a agelong successful the Central Valley.

On Monday, authorities proscription leaders held a quality league to supply cardinal updates and to garner enactment for a caller Senate measure designed to make caller backing sources.

"This is however we turn our system and chopped contamination astatine the aforesaid time," said authorities Sen. Dave Cortese, who chairs the Senate Transportation Committee.

"A bulk of voters proceed to enactment this project," Cortese said. "We cognize that - with enactment adjacent higher among younger generations who spot this arsenic portion of their future. Why wouldn't they?"

Cortese believes SB 545 would assistance unafraid opportunities for large residential and commercialized improvement on the high-speed obstruction corridor.

Last month, the Trump medication said it was pulling $4 cardinal successful backing from the project. The High Speed Rail Authority rapidly sued to effort to get that backing restored. That ineligible process successful ongoing.

President Donald Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy person slammed the task arsenic a "train to nowhere."