The development of a California bullet train — known as California High Speed Rail — has been anything but high-speed. They’ve been arguing about the route and trying to scrape together funding for years. The project has survived a funding cut by Gov. A. Schwartz’r, endless bickering over the size, location and design of a San Francisco terminal, and an ambiguous decision by the Bay Area’s Metro Transp. Commission that advocates said would damn the project.

The Mercury News gives an update, drawing attention to the fact that the Bay’s Congressional delegation is getting behind a route that would avoid a bay crossing near the Dumbarton Bridge.

Such a route would necessitate a muddy tunnel that would go right through a wildlife refuge — a non-starter for Representatives Zoe Lofgren, Tom Lantos and others.

The alternative route goes through the Pacheco Pass.

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