Post by pavel on Apr 19, 2016 5:31:05 GMT -6
Lone Star Rail District Pitches Four Alternatives to Dead Union Pacific Proposal
Last week, the Lone Star Rail District went on the offensive two months after Union Pacific announced it wouldn't participate in a proposal to use its tracks for a commuter rail between San Antonio and Austin.
On Friday, the district's board was called for a special meeting where they were presented with four alternatives to the previous plan, which is dead in its tracks. At the meeting, the board voted to continue the environmental study, which could enable future funding.
“Our regional mobility challenges are growing and the purpose of and need for Lone Star Rail are still front and center,” Joe Black, deputy executive director for the Rail District, says in a press release. “The recent decisions of Union Pacific do not change the need for a congestion-proof alternative to Interstate 35 in Central and South Texas.”
The alternatives all involve the I-35 corridor and include: "the SH130 corridor, the abandoned MoKan rail alignment, and new right-of-way parallel to the Union Pacific mainline, as well as hybrids of these options."
Read more: www.sacurrent.com/Blogs/archives/2016/04/18/lone-star-rail-district-pitches-four-alternatives-to-dead-union-pacific-proposal
Last week, the Lone Star Rail District went on the offensive two months after Union Pacific announced it wouldn't participate in a proposal to use its tracks for a commuter rail between San Antonio and Austin.
On Friday, the district's board was called for a special meeting where they were presented with four alternatives to the previous plan, which is dead in its tracks. At the meeting, the board voted to continue the environmental study, which could enable future funding.
“Our regional mobility challenges are growing and the purpose of and need for Lone Star Rail are still front and center,” Joe Black, deputy executive director for the Rail District, says in a press release. “The recent decisions of Union Pacific do not change the need for a congestion-proof alternative to Interstate 35 in Central and South Texas.”
The alternatives all involve the I-35 corridor and include: "the SH130 corridor, the abandoned MoKan rail alignment, and new right-of-way parallel to the Union Pacific mainline, as well as hybrids of these options."
Read more: www.sacurrent.com/Blogs/archives/2016/04/18/lone-star-rail-district-pitches-four-alternatives-to-dead-union-pacific-proposal