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State lawmakers today voted unanimously to kill a provision that could have complicated the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s light-rail plans.
The House removed language from a local transportation bill for Austin that would have put limits on Metro’s authority to acquire property through condemnation.
Rep. Joe Pickett, D-El Paso, quietly placed the provision in the bill, apparently at the request of rail critics who contend that a 2003 referendum didn’t specify that a portion of the planned University Line would run on Richmond rather solely on Westpark.
Technically, it was one critic, though as has been suggested to me I’m sure there were others behind him. Way to operate in the daylight, y’all. But then that’s been the hallmark of rail opponents around here, going back to Texans for True Mobility in the 2003 referendum, and no doubt much farther than that. No surprise there at all.
Technically, it was one critic, though as has been suggested to me I’m sure there were others behind him. Way to operate in the daylight, y’all. But then that’s been the hallmark of rail opponents around here, going back to Texans for True Mobility in the 2003 referendum, and no doubt much farther than that. No surprise there at all.
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Possibly so. But then Metro hasn’t been out in the open either. And bait-and-switch is still bait-and-switch.
Most expect Richmond to become another two-lane thoroughfare like Main Street lined with mega-apartment complexes. After all, what is a rail line for except to serve the private interest instead of the public interest?