FORT WORTH, Texas — Despite questions about federal funding for the project, officials say they have enough money to begin building the planned TEX Rail commuter line from downtown Fort Worth to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport in July and are still on course to complete the work by late 2018, the Star-Telegram reports.
If the more than a half-billion dollars in federal money doesn’t arrive before the start of the 2017 state legislative session in January, the long-awaited commuter rail project could face stiff opposition among some elected leaders who philosophically oppose the use of public dollars for passenger rail, according to the report.
