Friday, August 26, 2016

Rail Revival?

Are the proponents of rail service between Georgetown and San Antonio trying an "end run" to reinstate LoneStar Rail under another name and management structure?  Cynics certainly think so!

By establishing responsibility for rail with TxDot, AAMPO, and CAMPO, funds for new toll lanes on I-35 could be co-mingled with rail funds to hide from the public the cost of rail.  Advocates for government transparency and no toll roads in Texas will be fighting this blatant attempt to reinstate rail between Georgetown and San Antonio!

Here is the resolution passed by Bexar County and supported by CAMPO Chairman Will Conley.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Bexar County Commissioners Court: 

1. SUPPORTS THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION’S CURRENT RULES IN PLACE CONCERNING SPENDING OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM – METROPOLITAN MOBILITY FUNDS. 

2. SUPPORTS TRANSFERING LONE STAR RAIL DISTRICT’S CURRENT RAIL PLANNING DUTIES TO THE ALAMO AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND THE CAPITAL AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION WORKING IN COOPERATION WITH TXDOT.

3. SUPPORTS STUDYING THE FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING THE I-35 CORRIDOR FOR RAIL IN COMBINATION WITH FUTURE ROADWAY EXPANSION. 

PASSED AND APPROVED by Bexar County Commissioners Court in San Antonio, Texas, on this 23rd day of August, 2016, in Bexar County, Texas. 

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