(The following story by Betsy Ellison appeared on the Community Impact website on April 15, 2011.)
HOUSTON, Tex. — The Gulf Coast Rail District is in its final stages of completing a yearlong two-part study to determine the future of a possible commuter rail reaching from Hempstead to Houston, along Hwy. 290.
The first part of the study was performed by Houston-based engineering firm Klotz Associates and was funded by $715,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or stimulus funds, according to Maureen Crocker, executive director for the rail district.
The full story is on the Community Impact website.