Construction could begin as soon as next year on a 240-mile high-speed rail line between Houston and Dallas if permitting goes smoothly, according to officials. Around the same time, investors hope for a record of decision on an effort to bring magnetically levitated high-speed rail to the Northeast Corridor.
This month, the private developer Texas Central hired Bechtel to serve as project manager for the Texas Bullet Train project. Fluor Enterprises and Lane Construction Corp., with WSP, are refining and updating construction planning and sequencing, scheduling, and cost estimates based on the Federal Railroad Administration’s draft environmental impact statement (DEIS), released late last year.