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Paxton is trying to block the Austin Transit Partnership from borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars needed to build out the system.
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Train stations could be added, merged or deleted. A pedestrian path down the middle of Riverside Drive is possible. There are two considerations for a new bridge over Lady Bird Lake.
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The City Council and Austin Transit Partnership are not giving an inch in their response and are working to advance the project.
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The lawsuit alleges, among other things, that the city no longer has the power to levy taxes for the transit project because the light rail plans changed without voter approval.
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The plan includes a nearly 10-mile on-street rail line with 15 stations through downtown Austin. Costs are estimated around $5 billion, which will be partly funded through federal grants.
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In the lead-up to a decisive vote on Austin's light-rail plan, council members are extracting finer details of the $5 billion build out.
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Austin's light-rail ambitions face key approvals from local officials this week after a bill that would have toppled the Project Connect funding plan was killed. But political and legal risks remain for the voter-approved transit expansion.
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The Austin Transit Partnership's board offers unanimous approval for the light-rail blueprint as a fight simmers at the Texas Legislature over a bill that could destabilize Project Connect's financial footing.
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Austin's light-rail system would be entirely at street level and travel in three directions — north, south and east — under a new plan now being recommended by the Austin Transit Partnership.
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The long-awaited light-rail project faces tradeoffs as Austin evaluates five new proposals. A final decision is expected in June.