Call To Action: Contact Your State Representative & Senator and Save High-Speed Trains in Texas
February 26th, 2019
February 26, 2019 - TRA Newswire -
If a small band of Texas legislators have their way, a private enterprise wanting to build a bullet-train line between Dallas and Houston could be halted in their tracks this spring, even before federal officials give Texas Central the green light to start construction.
Rural lawmakers south of Dallas-Fort Worth and north of Houston have now filed 15 bills in the current legislative session to kill a $15 billion project that would link the two mega-regions with train service at speeds up to 200 miles per hour. The 240 mile long high-speed trains would only require an average 100-foot wide footprint for the two parallel tracks, mostly to be run on pylons above ground or next to high-tension power line towers.
Legislation filed to kill the proposed high-speed rail line and any future development in other parts of the state will be heard soon in House and Senate committees ranging from transportation to state affairs at the state capitol.
"It's time for Texans who want high-speed passenger rail service and are tired of hours-long treks on our interstates to call your elected representative and senator and tell them you want your train," according to Texas Rail Advocates President Peter LeCody. "If you sit back and this project is hamstrung with some really horrendous legislation proposed by a small band of rural representatives and senators, then you will never see high-speed trains in Texas, ever."
The Texas high-speed rail project, led by private investors involved with Texas Central Railway, could begin construction in late 2019 when the Federal Railroad Administration gives the authorization to start the building process, which is expected to take 4-5 years and employ 10,000 people in the build out.
You can find your State Representative and State Senator here: https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home
Call and email your elected leaders now while they are in session in Austin and tell them why you want to see high-speed trains in Texas. Once the Dallas-Houston line is in operation that will awaken Texans to future possibilities of connecting other cities.
Do you want to be locked in to driving hours on interstates through construction zones, accident scenes and congestion?
Do you want to spend hours in an airport waiting to fly to another Texas city?
High speed trains are efficient, run in all kinds of weather and are safer than driving
A thousand new Texans move to our state every day. We need more than just roads to move both our people and goods
The majority of Texans now live between the I-35 corridor and the Louisiana state line and need transportation choices
Building the high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston will create 10,000 good paying construction jobs and create 1,000 new permanent jobs
Call and email your State Representative and Senator now
You can find your State Representative and State Senator here
https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home
Find out more about Texas Central Railway and how they plan to move Texans at high-speed at www.TexasCentral.com
If a small band of Texas legislators have their way, a private enterprise wanting to build a bullet-train line between Dallas and Houston could be halted in their tracks this spring, even before federal officials give Texas Central the green light to start construction.
Rural lawmakers south of Dallas-Fort Worth and north of Houston have now filed 15 bills in the current legislative session to kill a $15 billion project that would link the two mega-regions with train service at speeds up to 200 miles per hour. The 240 mile long high-speed trains would only require an average 100-foot wide footprint for the two parallel tracks, mostly to be run on pylons above ground or next to high-tension power line towers.
Legislation filed to kill the proposed high-speed rail line and any future development in other parts of the state will be heard soon in House and Senate committees ranging from transportation to state affairs at the state capitol.
"It's time for Texans who want high-speed passenger rail service and are tired of hours-long treks on our interstates to call your elected representative and senator and tell them you want your train," according to Texas Rail Advocates President Peter LeCody. "If you sit back and this project is hamstrung with some really horrendous legislation proposed by a small band of rural representatives and senators, then you will never see high-speed trains in Texas, ever."
The Texas high-speed rail project, led by private investors involved with Texas Central Railway, could begin construction in late 2019 when the Federal Railroad Administration gives the authorization to start the building process, which is expected to take 4-5 years and employ 10,000 people in the build out.
You can find your State Representative and State Senator here: https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home
Call and email your elected leaders now while they are in session in Austin and tell them why you want to see high-speed trains in Texas. Once the Dallas-Houston line is in operation that will awaken Texans to future possibilities of connecting other cities.
Do you want to be locked in to driving hours on interstates through construction zones, accident scenes and congestion?
Do you want to spend hours in an airport waiting to fly to another Texas city?
High speed trains are efficient, run in all kinds of weather and are safer than driving
A thousand new Texans move to our state every day. We need more than just roads to move both our people and goods
The majority of Texans now live between the I-35 corridor and the Louisiana state line and need transportation choices
Building the high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston will create 10,000 good paying construction jobs and create 1,000 new permanent jobs
Call and email your State Representative and Senator now
You can find your State Representative and State Senator here
https://wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home
Find out more about Texas Central Railway and how they plan to move Texans at high-speed at www.TexasCentral.com