Texas Central gives $1.5m to City of Dallas for permit fees
August 28th, 2016
August 24, 2016 - KXAS.com -
Dallas city leaders took their first official action to bring a high speed rail from Houston to Dallas.
On Wednesday, they approved a deal, with the private company planning the train line, to pay the city's expenses for a permit.
The goal is to use technology like the bullet train in Japan to make the Houston to Dallas trip in 90 minutes.
On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council agreed to receive $1.5 million from Texas Central Railway.
The money will to cover fees and engineering on an Army Corp of Engineers permit, which is needed for a train crossing planned over the Trinity River.
Read more and video: http://www.nbcdfw.com/traffic/stories/Another-Step-Closer-to-High-Speed-Rail-From-Houston-to-Dallas-391209211.html
Dallas city leaders took their first official action to bring a high speed rail from Houston to Dallas.
On Wednesday, they approved a deal, with the private company planning the train line, to pay the city's expenses for a permit.
The goal is to use technology like the bullet train in Japan to make the Houston to Dallas trip in 90 minutes.
On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council agreed to receive $1.5 million from Texas Central Railway.
The money will to cover fees and engineering on an Army Corp of Engineers permit, which is needed for a train crossing planned over the Trinity River.
Read more and video: http://www.nbcdfw.com/traffic/stories/Another-Step-Closer-to-High-Speed-Rail-From-Houston-to-Dallas-391209211.html