2665 High-Speed Rail Authority
Major Program Changes
  • The Budget reflects monies provided by the passage of Proposition 1A - The Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century - in November 2008.

  • The Budget includes $123.2 million in bond funds for project-related expenditures, including $22.6 million for Program Management, $95 million for Preliminary Engineering, and $350,000 for Program Management Oversight. The budget also includes $2 million for ridership revenue forecasts, $2 million to address public-private partnership issues in the financial plan, $750,000 for right of way identification and preservation efforts, and $255,000 for visualization simulations.