COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF LAND OWNERS VS. HIGH SPEED RAIL
A Friday court decision is being hailed as a victory for opponents of the High Speed Rail project.
87th District Judge Deborah Evans said in a ruling Friday that Texas Central is not a railroad.
Lawyers for Leon County landowners say that means Texas Central has no eminent domain, and could mean an end to the project.
But the private train company maintains its project is still rolling along.
Texas Central says they disagree with Judge Evans' ruling, and they will appeal, as they continue to have conversations with property owners.
The bullet train would connect Dallas to Houston in 90 minutes, with a stop in Grimes County.
Kyle Workman, with Texans Against High-Speed Rail, says the fight is far from over.
State Representative Ben Leman says he will be introducing legislation to fight the bullet train.
Sheriff's from Grimes and Leon Counties said they'll uphold trespassing laws if landowners don't want their property surveyed.
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I don’t understand the controversy that’s going on from my understanding we’re trying to move forward with transportation for the state of Texas that would actually make improvements less vehicles on The Road Less fuel being used a service being provided for people that would like to travel between the destinations offered they’re not taking the land away aren’t they trying to pay the owners for their land someone please give me some insight
It is a shame to see such a few people working hard to block progress that can benefit so many people. I hate to see private land taken and my hope would be that they would use land near highways as much as possible, however this could revolutionize travel in our state and make our largest cities more accessible to more people and would be better for our environment than all the cars stuck in traffic.
Sad news that clean, safe transportation may be denied to Texas. Keep up the fight Texas Central !!
What about the New Green Deal !! if that passes in 12 years we will not have gas Cars or Planes and It will require the use of High Speed rail !!!
Don’t forget we won’t have cows either because of their flatulence. If this passes, this train is the least of our worries. People for this train must put themselves in the place of the landowners. You wouldn’t want something of yours stolen from you to build a train, would you?