Is the Houston-to-Dallas bullet train still happening? Critics are demanding proof of life.
Dug Begley, Staff writer - 8h agoPeople in the path of a proposed but floundering high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas last week filed a letter that in many ways labels Texas Central Railroad the little engine that will never be.
Is the Houston-to-Dallas bullet train still happening? Critics are demanding proof of life.
A rendering shows a proposed appearance of the Dallas station of Texas Central's planned high-speed train line from Houston to Dallas. Opponents of the line are asking company officials to admit the project is moribund.
They think it can’t. They think it can’t. They think it can’t.
“Granted, Texas Central appears to be doing things,” attorney Patrick McShan said in the letter sent to the company on Sept. 29. “But none of the things Texas Central is now doing suggest in any manner whatsoever that it does, in fact, intend to construct the project.”
The planned rail line, once touted as mere months from construction, now is more paperwork than planning. Since its former CEO left in June, the company has said it is securing financing, but shown little other signs of life, beyond a July 8 statement after the Texas Supreme Court affirmed its right to use eminent domain to acquire property.
“Texas Central has made significant strides in the project over the last several years and we are moving forward on a path that we believe will ensure the project’s successful development,” the company said then. “We look forward to being able to say more about this at an appropriate time in the near future.”
The company did not respond to a request for comment on Friday.
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