The latest accounting by California's High-Speed Rail Authority shows the agency has spent almost $600 million on consultants, all without any construction.
The twice-a-year report was sent to legislative leaders on Friday. The agency is sticking to its estimated price tag of more than $68 billion to build its San francisco-to-Los Angeles bullet-train line.
The agency earlier this year approved a $987 million dollar contract to design and build the first 29-mile stretch of the line from Madera through Fresno.
The authority has not yet set a date when ground may be broken .
The twice-a-year report was sent to legislative leaders on Friday. The agency is sticking to its estimated price tag of more than $68 billion to build its San francisco-to-Los Angeles bullet-train line.
The agency earlier this year approved a $987 million dollar contract to design and build the first 29-mile stretch of the line from Madera through Fresno.
The authority has not yet set a date when ground may be broken .