Sec. 91.0361. CERTAIN FREIGHT RAILROAD PROJECTS. (a) If sufficient funds from bonds sold to construct the Central Texas turnpike project or from the Texas mobility fund are available, the department may, and is strongly encouraged to, use the funds for engineering, design, grading, and construction necessary to create a grade-separated freight rail line capable of being safely traveled by trains operating at not less than 80 miles per hour in or adjacent to the State Highway 130 corridor.
(b) The department may, and is strongly encouraged to, enter into negotiations with any Class I railroad concerning building and operating a freight railroad in or adjacent to the State Highway 130 corridor. The department may explore with any Class I railroad the possibility of operating the freight railroad line in or adjacent to the State Highway 130 corridor as a revenue-producing partnership that could benefit this state and the current holders of bonds used in the financing of State Highway 130.
(c) This section may not be construed to allow any delay in the current published schedule for the construction and completion of State Highway 130.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 4.01, eff. June 21, 2003.
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