4 Points from Texas Central Rail Public April Meetings

Texas Central Rail is keeping a up a public meeting schedule. On Saturday April 11, 2015, they held a meeting in Montgomery County. the Highlights:

  • The new route follows a utility easement and will not traverse Montgomery Co.
  • If the project isn’t built and land is taken by eminent domain, the land will be returned to the land owner
  • Roads will not be split
    • “In no place are we going to cut off a county road, an FM road or cut off access to some body’s farm.” – Robert Eckels
  • Most of the investors are from Texas. There is no foregin ownership, only foreign purchase of the train itself.

The Courier Montgomery County TX