Category Archives: Texas High-Speed Rail

Texas State Agency Sued for Failure to Coordinate

HEMPSTEAD, TX – The Waller County Sub-Regional Planning Commission (Commission) filed suit in Travis District Court on Wednesday, October 26, against the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for violating state law that requires them to coordinate planning on the High Speed Rail … Continue reading

Federal Rail Authority Controls Texas Department of Transportation

(Part 2 of a 2-Part Series on Federalism in Texas)  On May 13, 2016, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) wrote a stunning letter to Waller County Judge Trey Duhon, explaining that the Federal Rail Authority (FRA) would not allow TxDOT to … Continue reading