High Speed Rail at Cy Fair Chamber of Commerce

The Dallas-Houston private high speed rail proposal presented to Cy Fair Chamber of Commerce this week. Former Harris County Judge Eckles, who leads the Texas Central High-Speed Railway (TCHSR), presented these facts about high speed rail:

• it will be privately funded
• the project will be overseen by TXDOT and Federal Railroad Administration
• travel time bewtween Houston and Dallas would be 90 minutes
• “TCHSR can pay a reasonable amount of money plus a little more if that could keep any negotiations out of the court system…”

Refreshing our Recollection: Senator Kolkhorst’s Senate Bill 1601 would prohibit TCHSR from using eminent domain.  

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