In a 5-3 decision, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that Texas Central — the Dallas company planning to build the railway — has eminent domain authority to seize land $30 billion bullet train project

The $30 billion train has been in the works for years. If built, it would travel at a speed of up to 200 miles per hour and enable passengers on an elevated, 672-foot-long high-speed train, to commute  hundreds of miles and over thousands of privately owned parcels between Dallas and Houston in about 90 minutes, according to Texas Central.

The company argues the project will benefit Texas by taking cars off roads, creating thousands of jobs and generating billions of dollars in economic impact.

Many Texas land owners whose properties sit in the proposed path of the train oppose the project. James Miles of Leon County sued Texas Central in 2019 challenging whether the company has the authority to use eminent domain to take property for the project.

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