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High-speed Dallas-to-Houston train moves forward with $16 billion contract, construction team
The Dallas Morning News
Jun 17, 2021 (US)
Texas Central and Milan-based Webuild will work together to construct the rail line, which will allow passengers to travel between Dallas and Houston in 90 minutes.
A high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston could be closer to reality after developers signed a contract with builders this month.
Texas Central, the private development company for the bullet train that would connect North Texas with Houston, signed a $16 billion contract Monday with Webuild, an engineering and construction company based in Milan, Italy.
According to a news release from the two companies, construction supplies are projected to cost $7.3 billion and the project’s construction will last six years. The project aims to create a number of construction and supply chain jobs during its building period.
The 240-mile high-speed rail would run from Dallas to Houston in 90 minutes, with a stop in the Brazos Valley, between College Station and Huntsville.
The company said the Dallas station is expected to be located in the Cedars, south of downtown, and connect to Dallas Area Rapid Transit rail lines. Texas Central said the station is intended to accelerate growth in the neighborhood and encourage retail and residential development.
But the project still faces hurdles, say U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady and others.
“This means nothing,” the Houston Republican said Friday in a prepared statement. “This project is no more ‘shovel ready’ than it was years ago when Texas Central Railroad announced construction would begin soon — and failed — nor does TCR have a single permit to begin construction. In fact, they have not even filed an application with the federal Surface Transportation Board — the first step in an arduous and lengthy permitting process that could take years.”
Source:
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/2021/06/17/high-speed-dallas-to-houston-train-moves-forward-with-16-billion-contract-construction-team/
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