![]() ![]() Electrical lines and different standards for bearing the weight are needed for trains as opposed to cars and trucks.Ĭompared to going it alone, however, working with others on the bridge could have cost savings, officials said. I will go so far as saying is it is essential we thread that needle now."Īdvancement of the Purple Line route could come with an interim step of a new station at Long and Wayside, bringing rail closer to many Southeast Houston residents and connecting them with the University of Houston, Texas Southern University, Third Ward, EaDo and downtown Houston.Īny partnership would come with Metro funding, officials predicted, to accommodate for the bridge being widened and capable of carrying light rail vehicles. "We have got to thread that needle and this gives us that opportunity. "We have always known that getting from Palm Center is going to be like threading a needle," Metro chairman Sanjay Ramabhadran said, referring to the current end of the Purple Line at Palm Center Transit Center along Griggs. If Metro can hop onto the overpass along with the traffic, it gives the agency a clear route along Long toward the airport, where eventually the line would join with the Green Line for the trip into the terminal. ![]() Final cost for the bridge would be determined as the agencies refine the design.īUDGET BLIP?: Metro weighing 10 percent drop in sales tax revenue, but won't slow expansion of service The deal would likely require agreement among Metro, Texas Department of Transportation, City of Houston, Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway, Harris County and Greater Southeast Management District, who are all collaborating on the overpass as part of a planned expansion of Texas 35 south of the University of Houston to Loop 610. Though no agreements have been drafted, Metropolitan Transit Authority officials are exploring a deal between the transit agency and others to add light rail tracks in each direction along a new overpass carrying Griggs Road and Long Drive over both the web of Union Pacific Railroad tracks and Mykawa Street. 26-Getting Metro's Purple Line light rail to Hobby Airport might clear its highest hurdle, via a possible partnership with a long-planned freight rail overpass near Loop 610. ![]()
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