{"id":410,"date":"2016-02-05T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/2016\/02\/05\/6-points-from-sen-konnie-burton-op-ed-on-tex-rail\/"},"modified":"2016-02-05T17:57:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T17:57:00","slug":"6-points-from-sen-konnie-burton-op-ed-on-tex-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/6-points-from-sen-konnie-burton-op-ed-on-tex-rail\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Points from Sen. Konnie Burton Op Ed on TEX Rail"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>27 miles of rail has an enormous price tag of\u00a0<span style=\"font-family:Lyon, Georgia, serif;font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">$998.78 million<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Lyon, Georgia, serif;font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">local officials are aggressively pushing it &amp; have not secured funding<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Lyon, Georgia, serif;font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">&#8220;our community&#8221; hasn&#8217;t signaled a &#8220;desire&#8221; for mass transit, even Travis County voted before they approved rail &amp; we haven&#8217;t<\/span><\/li>\n<li>local officials are \u00a0entering into a deal with the&#8221;<span style=\"font-family:Lyon, Georgia, serif;font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">\u00a0irrational and fiscally irresponsible federal government&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Lyon, Georgia, serif;font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">it won&#8217;t have an impact on traffic congestion based on the environmental impact study<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Lyon, Georgia, serif;font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">rail projects attract high earners and &#8220;neglects the needs of our most vulnerable&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/opinion\/opn-columns-blogs\/other-voices\/article56914108.html?utm_source=TURF+-+February+3%2C+2016&amp;utm_campaign=Announcing+our+endorsements&amp;utm_medium=email\"><span style=\"font-size:17px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);\">Ft. 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