August 8, 2024 - TRA Newswire -

TxDOT is updating the Texas Rail Plan and we need as many of our Texas Rail Advocates followers to participate as possible!

Updating the Texas Rail Plan only happens every four years and your help is needed NOW. 

The virtual public meeting will take place on Aug. 19, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. CT. The meeting will start with a presentation, followed by a question-and-answer session.

If you have specific points to make about future passenger or freight rail projects or plans, this is your time to speak. 

You will learn about the plan—designed to facilitate the development of policies, programs, and agency-specific strategies to improve the efficiency of freight movement and maintain on-time passenger service—and provide feedback. The plan keeps inventory of all rail lines, analyzes rail service goals and contributions to the economy, catalogs and assesses potential infrastructure projects, and examines finance strategies for projects and services.

The rail system is a critical component of our thriving economy, safely connecting industries, ports and people. Per federal requirements, states must have a rail plan that is updated every four years to establish policy, priorities and implementation strategies for freight and passenger rail.

MONDAY, AUGUST 19 -  4:30-6:00pm Central Daylight Time

Join the Webex: https://meethdr.webex.com/meethdr/j.php?MTID=mb3474df75e3ae428f2e0b00b8a06fdc0 

Meeting number: 2495 068 5300
Password (case sensitive): RailPlan2024
 
Join by phone:
+1-408-418-9388 (United States toll)
Access code: 2495 068 5300

We can maximize the value of rail through your collaboration as well as other stakeholders, and the identification and facilitation of important projects. 

Learn more about the 2024 Texas Rail Plan update: https://www.txdot.gov/projects/projects-studies/statewide/texas-rail-plan-update.html.

If you have comments or questions, please contact the TxDOT Rail Division at RRD_RailPlan@txdot.gov or 512-486-5230.