Houston Bullet Train Moves Ahead with Completion of Federal Report
Style Magazine Newswire | 12/22/2017, 8:41 a.m.
Source: jacksonvilleprogress.com
The Texas Bullet Train made a huge push forward Friday as federal regulators for the first time outlined a preferred route between North Texas and Houston, and identified passenger station locations, including one in rural Grimes County. The Federal Railroad Administration’s analysis, completed after nearly four years of work, provides a path for the high-speed train’s planning, design and pre-construction phases, and it ensures the safety and environmental well-being of counties and communities along the 240-mile route. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), the result of an extensive, public process required for major infrastructure projects, starts the consultation process that will allow the Bullet Train to link the state’s two largest urban and economic centers in a travel time of less than 90 minutes, with a midway stop near Huntsville in Grimes County. The project is expected to cost $12 billion. Texas Central has said it will not use federal or state funds to build the project, though it may obtain federally supported loans open to private companies.
