How many condemnations does it take to build high speed rail?

California is actively building high speed rail. This week the State Public Works Board approved its 246th condemantion resolution since 2013. Fresno Bee

Not only is aquiring land time consuming, but California’s experience is also teaching us that high speed rail is a lengthy process. To move high speed rail along more quickly, the California legislature added a budget rider that will:

• reduce the volume of reports managers of the rail project are required to provide the Legislature
• change the qualifications required for certain members of the project’s peer review group by including people with experience in large infrastructure projects other than high-speed rail.

To those who say transperancy is cut, the California politicians say- it doesn’t harm transperancy, it enhances efficiency.

Sacramento Bee