The Capitol Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) voted last night to remove LoneStar Rail from its 25 year transportation plan which effectively kills the project. The vote was 17 for and 1 against with 2 abstaining to remove the project from the plan. A final vote is required by October 15, 2016.
In the meantime, a last ditch effort is to be mounted with Union Pacific to allow use of their rails. This is not expected to be successful.
Georgetown has approximately $50K budgeted in FY17 to fund the environmental study that will be no longer needed. Council should instruct the city staff to reduce the budget by that amount instead of spending it on other projects or services.
Let your council person know you support reducing the budget.
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