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Trump administration signals it will slash funds for long-delayed California high-speed rail project.
Voters first authorized $10 billion in borrowed funds in 2008 to cover about a third of the estimated cost, with a promise the train would be up and running by 2020 .
Five years beyond that deadline, no tracks have been laid and its estimated price tag has ballooned to over $100 billion .
State officials defended what's known as the nation’s largest infrastructure project and said they remain committed to construction.
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