WASHINGTON — The Department of Transportation is proposing an end to federal funding of the California high-speed rail project.

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Drew Feeley, acting administrator for the Federal Railway Authority, said the California high-speed rail project is in default of the terms of its federal grant awards

The two grants are made up of roughly $4 billion in taxpayer funds, which the federal government plans to revoke unless the California High-Speed Rail Authority takes corrective action

The compliance review, according to Feeley, revealed “patterns of unattainable proposals and unrealistic assumptions on a wide range of issues”

The project was placed under a compliance review in February by Duffy, focused specifically on the $4 billion in grants the Biden administration

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