High-speed rail project vastly underestimated cost of relocating utility lines beneath Fresno View Larger Image Los Angeles Times » Buried beneath Fresno were some costly surprises for the California bullet train authority, which disclosed Tuesday that the price of utility relocations along a 29-mile section of railway has surged from a 2013 estimate of $69 million to $396 million. The California High-Speed Rail Authority board on Friday took up the problem, hearing from its staff that the original estimate contained a number of miscalculations. Michelle2018-04-18T13:39:18-08:00April 18th, 2018|California, California High Speed Rail, Design-Build, High-Speed Rail| Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! FacebookTwitterEmail Related Posts Could Texas high-speed rail hit a speed bump this session? April 25th, 2019 ‘A fiasco from the beginning’ — Caltrans’ costs soar on $1.1 billion San Francisco tunnels April 10th, 2019 The Boring Company: What 8 Cities Really Think of Elon Musk’s Tunnel Vision March 26th, 2019 Sea level rise could threaten California cities and ports by 2040 March 21st, 2019 Can America Still Build Big? A California Rail Project Raises Doubts February 25th, 2019 How can California capture more water? Competing interests will have to compromise February 25th, 2019 DWR doesn’t expect to use Oroville Dam spillway anytime soon — but it’s preparing if necessary February 22nd, 2019 UC San Diego’s earthquake simulator will soon give truer sense of deadly temblors October 13th, 2018 WATCH: Big rig driver tries to navigate steep curve, goes over embankment instead October 13th, 2018
