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3 Construction Workers Killed, 1 Injured After Partial Building Collapse in Houston

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Via Twitter // Houston Fire Department. In what seems to be an all-too-common occurrence recently, a partial building collapse yesterday has sadly cost the lives of 3 construction workers and injured one additional worker. Technical Rescue Team is actively responding to a #buildingcollapse in West Houston.

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Feds Allow Portions of Controversial Houston Highway Project to Resume

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Federal transportation officials will allow sections of the controversial $10 billion effort to reconstruct I-45 through downtown Houston while continuing to assess possible Civil Rights and environmental violations.

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Feds Allow Controversial Houston Highway Project to Partly Resume

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Transportation officials will allow some work on $10 billion I-45 reconstruction through downtown Houston while it assesses possible civil rights and environmental violations.

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Houston Voters Approve Tax Extention for Transportation Projects

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Houston voters passed a referendum that allows the Metropolitan Transit Authority to continue diverting sales tax revenue to road projects. Houston voters passed a referendum that allows the Metropolitan Transit Authority to continue diverting sales tax revenue to road projects. November 7, 2012. read more

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Texas Central Wins Authority to Take Land for High-Speed Rail System

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and related entities (collectively “Texas Central”) have eminent domain authority to acquire property for a proposed high-speed rail system between Dallas and Houston. [1] 1] Specifically, the Court held that the corporation qualifies as an “interurban electric railway company” under the Texas Transportation Code. FOOTNOTES. [1]

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Houston Area Transportation Infrastructure Largely Still Unusable

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Airports, rail and bus service in the Houston area were still being assessed Aug.

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Texas Central Wins Authority to Take Land for High-Speed Rail System

Construction and Infrastructure Law

and related entities (collectively “Texas Central”) have eminent domain authority to acquire property for a proposed high-speed rail system between Dallas and Houston. [1] 1] Specifically, the Court held that the corporation qualifies as an “interurban electric railway company” under the Texas Transportation Code. 3d 613 (Tex.

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