COVID + Texas High Speed Rail = Reasons to Deny Project

What: Dozens to Texas lawmakers wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation asking that Texas Central Rail stop moving forward

What reasons did the lawmakers give?

• COVID: Texas Central Rail slayed off staff
• LAND: Texas Central Rail has not acquired the necessary land
• PROJECT FUNDING: Texas Central Rail does not have secured funding for the project
• GOVERNMENT INEFFICIENCY. It would be an inexcusable waste of taxpayer dollars and jeopardize the integrity of the rules making process at the Federal Railroad Administration to proceed

Bryan College Station Eagle | State lawmakers ask Department of Transportation to drop high-speed rail project