Opponents of California’s high-speed rail project have managed to stop the state from selling at least $8 billion in bonds to fund the initial construction phase after a California Superior judge made several rulings in their favor Nov. 25, but the High-Speed Rail Authority remains confident that the project will eventually be completed.
“The Authority intends to comply with the rulings as directed. No one said this would be easy. [As with] all transformative projects, we knew there would be challenges. But the bottom line is that all the issues raised by the judge are fixable and we intend to fix them,” says Dan Richard, chair of the High Speed Authority board of directors.