The California High Speed Rail Authority voted yesterday to extend the Borden-Corcoran initial backbone segment southward toward Bakersfield. The move is an important step for the board, and it was made possible thanks to voters in other states.
In the November election, voters in Ohio and Wisconsin appointed new governors who were opposed to the intercity rail systems their states were pursuing – systems that had already garnered substantial federal funding. As a result, the federal Department of Transportation reallocated those funds to states who were more serious about HSR – some $1.2 billion was redirected to 12 states. Since California is planning the largest and fastest system, and since it elected a pro-HSR governor in Jerry Brown in November, it was a natural choice for the Golden State to get a check for more than $600 million from its Uncle Sam.
And under Prop 1A, the high-speed rail bond measure approved by California voters in 2008, these federal dollars unlock matching bond funds. Two Republican governors-elect in the midwest just unlocked $1.23 billion in funding for California as it builds its infrastructure of the future. While the state still has a long way to go to build out the full line from San Francisco to Anaheim, this money came as an unexpected surprise that will have a direct tangible benefit on the first phase of construction.
And just in time for Christmas.
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