{"id":489,"date":"2016-04-28T19:37:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T19:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/2016\/04\/28\/high-speed-rail-responds-to-sub-regional-planning-commissioner-3-key-pieces-intel\/"},"modified":"2016-04-28T19:37:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T19:37:00","slug":"high-speed-rail-responds-to-sub-regional-planning-commissioner-3-key-pieces-intel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/high-speed-rail-responds-to-sub-regional-planning-commissioner-3-key-pieces-intel\/","title":{"rendered":"High Speed Rail Responds to Sub Regional Planning Commissioner. 3 Key Pieces Intel."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quick response to the County Development Sub Regional Planning Commissioner Hiles by Texas Central Rail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Texas Central Rail responds with 3 points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The North Texas to Houston High Speed Rail will add <strong>$36 Billion to the economy over 25 years<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It will pay $2.5 billion in taxes to\u00a0<strong>state, counties, cities, hospitals and school districts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The &#8220;company WILL NOT seek ANY operational subsidies from the government&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/localnewsonly.com\/2016\/04\/texas-high-speed-train-will-provide-economic-development-jobs-and-extra-revenue-for-communities-along-the-north-texas-to-houston-passenger-line\/\">Local news Only |\u00a0Texas\u2019\u00a0high-speed train will provide economic development, jobs\u00a0and\u00a0extra revenue for communities along the North Texas-to-Houston passenger line<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previously on InformedIntel:<\/p>\n<p>Marty Hiles,\u00a0Commissioner,\u00a0Community Development Sub Regional Planning Commission, makes the following 7\u00a0points about the harm to rural land from high speed rail:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No Train Stops in rural Texas means no economic benefit for rural Texas<\/li>\n<li>Rural property values will decline<\/li>\n<li>4 mile wide path of eminent domain is what high speed rail will take<\/li>\n<li>Building the train tracks will destroy the environment in rural Texas<\/li>\n<li>High Speed Rail construction will create a path like an F-5 tornado<\/li>\n<li>High Speed Rail will cut rural economies by 25% or more<\/li>\n<li>Schools and emergency service districts will suffer from the local property values<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/localnewsonly.com\/2016\/04\/texas-central-railroad-high-speed-rail-will-require-local-dirt-gravel-and-sand-to-build-a-25-foot-high-and-100-foot-wide-earthen-berm\/\">Local News Only Op-Ed Commissioner Marty Hiles |\u00a0Texas Central Railroad, High Speed Rail will require local dirt, gravel and sand to build a 25 foot high and 100 foot wide earthen berm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick response to the County Development Sub Regional Planning Commissioner Hiles by Texas Central Rail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Texas Central Rail responds with 3 points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The North Texas to Houston High Speed Rail will add <strong>$36 Billion to the economy over 25 years<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It will pay $2.5 billion in taxes to\u00a0<strong>state, counties, cities, hospitals and school districts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The &#8220;company WILL NOT seek ANY operational subsidies from the government&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/localnewsonly.com\/2016\/04\/texas-high-speed-train-will-provide-economic-development-jobs-and-extra-revenue-for-communities-along-the-north-texas-to-houston-passenger-line\/\">Local news Only |\u00a0Texas\u2019\u00a0high-speed train will provide economic 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