The first leg of rideable track, connecting two cities in the Central Valley, won't start until at least 2029, and the project's costs have ballooned to $98 billion. Today the vision of shuttling passengers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in less than three hours is a distant dream. It's the latest setback for the project, originally expected to cost $33 billion and be completed last year. They're hoping to reach an agreement when the Legislature returns for session in January. Gavin Newsom included it in his state budget, but negotiations between his administration and the Legislature have stalled. The California High-Speed Rail Authority said it needs that money to continue construction beyond next summer. That's a conversation Democrats in the state Assembly want to have amid negotiations over whether to release about $4 billion in bond money for the project. (AP) - A new and fundamental debate has emerged in the battle over California's high-speed rail project that could again significantly downgrade the troubled effort: Should the trains even be high speed when the system launches?
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