Houston Metro firms up funding for Light Rail

Houston Metro firms up funding for Light Rail

12:30 PM CDT on Friday, May 22, 2009

KHOU.com staff report

HOUSTON—Metro plans to break ground on three new Light Rail lines in June.

The agency firmed up the necessary funding Thursday to get the projects started.

The East Line will be paid for entirely with local tax dollars.

The North and Southeast Line will be paid for half with local tax dollars and half with federal money.

Metro will get hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government – the most ever for a transportation project in Texas.