By Kenric Ward | Texas Watchdog.org
A national transportation expert calls the proposed Lone Star Rail project between Austin and San Antonio a bust for taxpayers.
Carrying an initial price tag of $2 billion to $3 billion, the commuter line would take over existing Union Pacific tracks near Interstate 35 and shift freight onto new rails to the east.
\”This is how absurd governments can be when it comes to rail,\” said Randal O’Toole, a senior fellow at the free-market Cato Institute.
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