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What it is going to take for High Speed Rail to succeed?
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<P mce_keep="true">[quote user="oltmannd"][quote user="Railway Man"]Money[/quote]Agree. All the other obstacles can be overcome with enough money.[/quote]</P> <P mce_keep="true"> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=verdana,geneva>The FRA has proposed a national system consisting of ten corridors, with the money coming from the federal government and states, and they have committed $13 billion for what they term a down payment.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What will be the total price?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Surely the FRA must have calculated the total.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=verdana,geneva size=2>I am of the opinion that the money-spending layers of administrative overhead will rise up to the task of consuming that $13 billion before the first rail is laid.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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