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Article: San Jacinto, Texas, Board Foils Bid to Thwart Rail Project.
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- July 11, 2003
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By Bill Hensel Jr., Houston Chronicle Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 11--The San Jacinto rail project may be on a fast track now that the Surface Transportation Board has turned back attempts by the city of Houston and others to slow it.
The board conducted a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the $85 million, 12.9-mile rail line and "reasonably concluded" that neither its construction or operation would result in significant environmental impact, the board said.
Opponents also were not able to show that the board failed to consider any of the relevant issues or that it used flawed methods in assessing the environmental ...