New 'pop-up' group formed trying to kill Dallas-Houston high speed rail project
September 24th, 2019
September 24, 2019 - TRA Newswire -
A new opposition group has popped up in an attempt to kill the high-speed train line being developed between Dallas and Houston.
Texas Rail Advocates has learned that 'Reroute The Route' is said to be an entity composed of real estate developers who want to alter the alignment of the line, currently under development by the private entity Texas Central Railway. According to their website 'Reroute The Route' claims that "Texas Central has chosen the most dangerous and cheapest option for the current high-speed rail route. Reroute the Route is dedicated to moving the high speed rail alignment to Downtown Houston rather than the Northwest Mall location where it is currently headed."
The website indicates that Reroute the Route is a project of Bobo Golden Eight, LLC, located on Houston's west side with an address shown as 2727 Allen Parkway.
"This organization recently came up on our radar," explained Texas Rail Advocates President Peter LeCody. "Apparently they have been ramping up opposition to the bullet train project over the past few months with what appears to be some instances of fake news and inflated claims." On their Twitter feed March 19 they posted "If Texas will be spending billions of dollars on the creation of the high-speed rail, let's put it where it matters and reroute the route." LeCody said Texas (the state) will not be spending billions of dollars because it's a private venture and state lawmakers passed a law indicating they are not interested in investing in high speed rail. Another claim indicated that the line, which will be above ground on pylons for a sizable part of the 240 mile route, would hider the flow of floodwaters in Harris and Waller counties."
"It's the same old tired and recycled propaganda that another anti-high speed rail organization used for the past several years," according to LeCody. "This new pop-up opposition claims that the line will have tight, dangerous curves and that's not how high speed trains operate. They claim the terminal should be in downtown Houston, not at the Northwest Mall area, which is sorely in need of redevelopment."
In an April 4th tweet the group said "This project has many issues, and one could easily see the potential outcome that could befall Texas by looking at the catastrophic failure occurring in the California high-speed rail project." The group neglected to say that the California project is government funded, not a project of the private sector like what would be built in Texas.
Do you have information about the Houston-based anti-high speed rail group 'Reroute The Route'? If so please contact our news department.
A new opposition group has popped up in an attempt to kill the high-speed train line being developed between Dallas and Houston.
Texas Rail Advocates has learned that 'Reroute The Route' is said to be an entity composed of real estate developers who want to alter the alignment of the line, currently under development by the private entity Texas Central Railway. According to their website 'Reroute The Route' claims that "Texas Central has chosen the most dangerous and cheapest option for the current high-speed rail route. Reroute the Route is dedicated to moving the high speed rail alignment to Downtown Houston rather than the Northwest Mall location where it is currently headed."
The website indicates that Reroute the Route is a project of Bobo Golden Eight, LLC, located on Houston's west side with an address shown as 2727 Allen Parkway.
"This organization recently came up on our radar," explained Texas Rail Advocates President Peter LeCody. "Apparently they have been ramping up opposition to the bullet train project over the past few months with what appears to be some instances of fake news and inflated claims." On their Twitter feed March 19 they posted "If Texas will be spending billions of dollars on the creation of the high-speed rail, let's put it where it matters and reroute the route." LeCody said Texas (the state) will not be spending billions of dollars because it's a private venture and state lawmakers passed a law indicating they are not interested in investing in high speed rail. Another claim indicated that the line, which will be above ground on pylons for a sizable part of the 240 mile route, would hider the flow of floodwaters in Harris and Waller counties."
"It's the same old tired and recycled propaganda that another anti-high speed rail organization used for the past several years," according to LeCody. "This new pop-up opposition claims that the line will have tight, dangerous curves and that's not how high speed trains operate. They claim the terminal should be in downtown Houston, not at the Northwest Mall area, which is sorely in need of redevelopment."
In an April 4th tweet the group said "This project has many issues, and one could easily see the potential outcome that could befall Texas by looking at the catastrophic failure occurring in the California high-speed rail project." The group neglected to say that the California project is government funded, not a project of the private sector like what would be built in Texas.
Do you have information about the Houston-based anti-high speed rail group 'Reroute The Route'? If so please contact our news department.