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Put rail problems on front page

Two workers were injured when steel rebar collapsed at a high-speed rail viaduct construction site near the San Joaquin River and Highway 99 in mid-November. Rising costs from delays, land purchases and other factors are driving up the estimated cost of construction in the Valley by almost 36 percent from two years ago, to about $10.6 billion.
Two workers were injured when steel rebar collapsed at a high-speed rail viaduct construction site near the San Joaquin River and Highway 99 in mid-November. Rising costs from delays, land purchases and other factors are driving up the estimated cost of construction in the Valley by almost 36 percent from two years ago, to about $10.6 billion. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA Fresno Bee file photo

Tim Sheehan’s report in today’s Bee titled “Cost of high-speed rail project in the Valley leaps by $2.8 billion” was very informative and should be a financial disaster alarm broadcast to all Californians.

Only problem I had with it is it should have been on the front page above the fold.

Carl Pederson, Fresno

This story was originally published January 19, 2018 at 7:08 PM with the headline "Put rail problems on front page."

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