Public meetings to present TEX Rail project changes, offer chance for input
Environmental process moving forward
FORT WORTH, (October 31, 2012) – The Trinity Metro will host one public meeting on Nov. 7 in Grapevine and two on Nov. 8 in Fort Worth to seek public comments on updated project and environmental information for TEX Rail, the new 40-mile commuter rail line in Tarrant County.
Since the completion of the draft environmental document (or Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), there has been much progress on TEX Rail resulting in some changes. The meetings are being conducted to present and explain the changes, discuss the additional environmental analysis which has occurred, and provide information about the next steps for moving TEX Rail forward.
Meeting dates, times and locations are:
Wednesday, November 7
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Grapevine Community Activities Center
1175 Municipal Way
Grapevine, TX 76051
Thursday, November 8
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Intermodal Transportation Center
1001 Jones Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Texas Department of Transportation
Regional Training Center
2501 South West Loop 820
Fort Worth, TX 76133
Federal regulation requires that all DEIS studies be re-evaluated by the sponsoring federal agency before filing the Final EIS (FEIS) if there have been changes to the project or potential changes in the environment. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), which is the sponsoring agency for TEX Rail, has directed the re-evaluation analysis to be incorporated into a stand-alone Environmental Assessment (EA). The EA which will be discussed at the meetings addresses the changes that have occurred within the project and the environment since the 2008 DEIS.