New debate over Dallas D-2 downtown subway transit plan
March 12th, 2021
March 12, 2021 - NBCDFW.com, Ken Kalthoff -
Years of planning and spending on a downtown Dallas rail transit subway could be derailed for good without an agreement on the latest plan by the end of March.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit is asking the Dallas City Council to endorse a preferred route on March 24 in order to remain in the running for $800 million in necessary federal funding for the project.
Known as “D-2,” the project would provide a second rail transit route through the city center to relieve congestion on the single route there is now for all DART light rail trains.
Read more and video: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/new-debate-over-dallas-d-2-downtown-subway-transit-plan/2577295/
Years of planning and spending on a downtown Dallas rail transit subway could be derailed for good without an agreement on the latest plan by the end of March.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit is asking the Dallas City Council to endorse a preferred route on March 24 in order to remain in the running for $800 million in necessary federal funding for the project.
Known as “D-2,” the project would provide a second rail transit route through the city center to relieve congestion on the single route there is now for all DART light rail trains.
Read more and video: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/new-debate-over-dallas-d-2-downtown-subway-transit-plan/2577295/