Article: Dallas, DART inch toward rail deal: Negotiations on Cotton Belt line continue, but tensions have eased.

Byline: Tony Hartzel

Oct. 22--DART and the city of Dallas are near agreement on the type of trains that would run along a Cotton Belt rail line, but the two sides remain farther apart on whether those trains should run in an open channel that could cost $77 million to $250 million. Although negotiations continue, tensions have eased. City officials vowed Saturday not to fire their eight Dallas Area Rapid Transit board members at a special council meeting called for Monday morning to discuss the situation. "We have a lot of commonalities," said Dallas council member Linda Koop, chairwoman of the council's Transportation and Environment Committee. "But ...

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