The Biden administration late on Thursday restored a $929 million grant for California’s high speed rail that former president Donald Trump revoked in 2019.
The parties, which also include the California High-Speed Rail Authority and the U.S. Transportation Department, agreed to restore the grant within three days, according to the settlement agreement https://hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/California-v.-DOT-Settlement-Agreement-Final-May-26.pdf.
Talks began in March, months after Biden became president, to settle the suit filed in 2019 after Trump had pulled funding for a high-speed train project in the state hobbled by extensive delays and rising costs. Trump had repeatedly clashed as president with California on a number of fronts
California’s lawsuit claimed the Transportation Department lacked legal authority to withhold the $929 million the Obama administration allocated a decade ago but had remained untapped.
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