June 25, 2016 - TRA Newswire
In a 41 page filing to the Surface Transportation Board this week, Texas Central Railway countered its opponents arguments that it should not be allowed to operate a high speed rail line between Dallas and Houston. In the...
The group known as Texans Against High Speed Rail has initiated a campaign to flood the Surface Transportation Board in Washington with petitions that, even well couched in the guise of eminent domain, just want to flat out kill the Texas high...
The hits just keep on coming. It's another interesting month watching the rhetoric from rural interests intent on killing a high speed rail project between Dallas and Houston.
First we heard from Marty Hiles, Commissioner, Ellis County Community Development Sub Regional Planning Commission.
Mr. Hiles blasted...
March 28, 2016 - TRA Newswire
On Tuesday, March 29th, at 9:00am, in the Senate Chamber, the Texas Senate Affair Committee will be holding a Public Hearing regarding eminent domain and rights of property owners. The interim charge the Committee will...
March 3, 2016 - TRA Newswire
Let the lawsuits begin.
Texans Against High Speed Rail, a group with seemingly deep pockets, has filed a suit against the Texas Attorney General and Texas Department of Transportation seeking information on the Texas Central High-Speed Rail...
Or was this a well orchestrated slick political ploy backed by select state legislators and rural county administrators?
February 12, 2016 -
The headline reads: Aggie Student Senate Opposes Eminent Domain for Train | NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Texans Against High Speed Rail issued a news...
February 7, 2016
Displaced homeowners, farms and ranches cut in two, 24/7 noise issues, disruption of a rural way of life. It's enough to get country folks boiling mad and it ought to be.
No, we are not talking about some Texas and...
February 2, 2016 - NBCDFW.com
Opponents of a plan to build a high-speed train between Dallas and Houston are gearing up for a legal fight.
"Texans Against High-Speed Rail" announced a partnership with The Beckham Group, a Dallas law firm that will...
January 12, 2016 - Texas Tribune
Thirty-three East Texas officials sent a letter to the Japanese ambassador to the United States on Monday to express their opposition to a private Texas firm's proposed high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston that has...