The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that Texas Central Railroad & Infrastructure Inc. can use eminent domain to acquire land for a bullet train from Dallas to Houston, even as tax troubles and the resignation of the company’s CEO leave the future of the $30 billion project uncertain.“interurban electric railway companies” with the power to use eminent domain. The decision comes after a
Blake Beckham, a Dallas lawyer for Texans Against High Speed Rail, called the ruling “incomprehensible” given the Supreme Court’s tendency to defend property rights, and said the group plans to fight the project as it moves through regulatory processes.
Beckham said that even after Friday’s ruling, the project won’t happen given the current state of Texas Central.Texas Central declined to comment Friday on the project’s future. But in a letter to the Supreme Court, an attorney for the companyRe-Route the Route, an advocacy group supportive of moving the rail alignment to a safer location was disappointed to hear the ruling, according to Jennifer Stevens, the organization’s spokeswoman.
Stevens said the group will continue to educate federal, state and local officials on the project and its impact.for about a decade. Modeled on Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train, it seeks to cut the commute between Dallas and Houston, typically at least four hours by car, to about 90 minutes.
Let’s gooooo!!!
Cool 😎 Houston and Dallas will have HSR Downtown to downtown in 90 minutes in a Shinkansen 🚄 train Wonder if the planned 🛑 in Brazos Valley is still on the cards
A private company can use 'imminent domain'? Bad ruling!
does it go to New Mexico
Why? Houston sucks.
will it be like the one in California?
Build it!
well, as long as its not tax payers fudding the bill...
It has the word “bullet” in it so it should have more right-wing support.
Remember insurrection is cool again if you’re liberal and don’t get your way. Is it time for land owners to take to the streets?
Trying to compete with China bullet trains
30 billion? I know liberals love their choo choos ( seriously its like a fetish to them) but that was 30 billion with a b? Driving is cheaper and flying is faster. Very little market for this useless midrange product. 30 billion? LOL