UPDATE from High Speed Rail. Feds to Answer whether High Speed Rail must follow Texas Eminent Domain Laws?

Update: High Speed Rail replies to Ennis County:

  • Texas Central” does not seek to remove protections afforded to landowners under Texas law”
  • Texas Central Surface transportation Request … “does not change or override any state landowner protections.”

Ennis Daily News | HSR rebuffs claims

 

May 8, 2016, Informed Intel:

The Ellis County Press published an Op-Ed from Texans Against High Speed Rail.

What points does Texans Against High Speed Rail make in its Op-Ed?

  • Texas Central Rail doesn’t have its funding in place
  • Texas Central Rail has no problems using eminent domain to take land it doesn’t need
  • Texas Central Rail is asking the federal government whether it has to comply with Texas eminent domain laws

Ellis County Press | TCR proposes to acquire land it ultimately won’t use to satisfy investors