The Regional Transportation Council (RTC) in North Texas last week approved $4.5 million through fiscal-year 2018 for the planning, design, project development and preliminary engineering of a high-speed rail line that would connect Dallas/Fort Worth to Houston.

Texas Central Partners is developing a project to build a for-profit, high-speed rail line in the Dallas-Houston corridor by 2021. In conjunction with that end may eventually offer access to a third corridor stretching from Oklahoma to South Texas.

RTC's action last week further assists with development of the regional line, as well as helps coordinate activities with other corridors, North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) officials said in a press release.



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