The Texas Attorney General filed an appeal questioning the legality of Austin's voter-approved Project Connect transit plan, leading to a delay in a court ruling on the project's bond financing, though the city plans to move forward with the project despite the legal challenge. in Austin was put on pause today after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office filed an interlocutory appeal arguing whether a lower court has the jurisdiction to hear the case.
Austin Transit Partnership Executive Director Greg Canally says the move from the AG’s office proves one thing. “The vocal opponents to transit were not ready today,” he said. “And the reason they’re not is because they know that this is a delay tactic and that the law is not on their side and on their position.”
“It is time, if there’s any leaders left in the city of Austin’s government, for them to recognize that the current plan for Project Connect is doomed one way or the other,” said Bill Aleshire, the attorney representing the citizens suing the city. Nancy Crowther is one of those voters. She says she’s been waiting on the rail to come to Austin for 40 years. She says the time to act is now. “I would like to see the taxpayers get their money’s worth that they voted for,” she said.
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