Taking Longer to Build than America’s Cross-Country Train,
“Are You Kidding Me?”
SACRAMENTO, CA – In Assemblyman Jones’ latest “Are You Kidding Me?” segment, he compares California’s high-speed rail plans with the Transcontinental Railroad. The first tracks were laid in 1863, and a short six years later, the Transcontinental Railroad successfully connected America’s east with the west. In contrast, in the six years it took to complete a railroad that stretched across the country, not one shovel has broken ground to lay a single piece of track for California’s high-speed train. “What an embarrassing time in California history,” said Assemblyman Jones. “Will this ever be one of California’s greatest accomplishments? With millions of taxpayer dollars already wasted, I’m thinking it’s not. If things go ‘according to plan,’ the first phase won’t even be finished until 2029 – and that’s less than 400 miles of track.”