FRA will review CHSRA and Merced-Bakersfield segment’s progress, including compliance for federal grant agreements to determine whether CHSRA has fully met its obligations

While U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy questioned the cross-state high-speed rail project, he praised the Las Vegas-to-Los Angeles effort.

The transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, said the government would conduct a “compliance review” on a $3.1 billion grant, potentially threatening the viability of the troubled project.

USA: 'With multiple independent federal and state audits completed, every dollar is accounted for, and we stand by the progress and impact of this project', California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri said after recently appointed US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a review of federal

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced that the Trump administration has launched a compliance review of California's high-speed rail project.

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into California’s high-speed rail project in what could be the first step in clawing back the $4 billion promised by the Biden administration to build out the first section of the line, from Merced to Bakersfield.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said the California high-speed rail project will continue to cost taxpayers billions of dollars with no definitive timeline for completion.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has launched a formal review of the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) following an order from U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean P.