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Originally Posted by Dcbrickley
Lodestar update.
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I'd asked this before, if they can't find the funds to perform the EIS, how will they ever find the funds to build and operate it?
There are plenty of other transportation needs in Austin, San Antonio, and all the towns in between where the $1 to $2 Billion could be spent for better use.
The regional planning agencies should first settle how to fund these projects before starting to study and plan them. Fort Worth, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin have transit agencies collecting sales tax revenues at various rates. It seems Dallas and Houston are large enough to actually collect enough to fund trains with the matching federal financial support.
Once the funding solutions are finalized, then it's okay to start studying, planning, building, and operating transit solutions that fit within that budget.
