On Friday, Texas Central Partners announced they would once again seek federal intervention in an ongoing eminent domain dispute that threatens to halt construction of a private high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas. In 2016, the Surface Transportation Board dealt a major setback to the controversial high-speed rail line by declining to assert federal authority over the proposal and by refusing to grant federal eminent domain authority to Texas Central Partners. In a Friday statement announcing a new partnership with the cash-strapped federal Amtrak system, Texas Central revealed that they intend to use their new association with Amtrak to appeal the decision of the Surface Transportation Board – a move that, if successful, could result in Texas Central being given the authority to force Texas landowners from their property. –The Corsicana Daily Sun Read more…
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