Fort Worth City Council members Tuesday night approved plans to take part in a project that could lead to high-speed rail in Cowtown.
The project, called the DFW Core Express, is a local government corporation that would own and operate the high speed rail line.
With a stop in Arlington along the way, supporters say the trip from Fort Worth to Dallas would take just 15 minutes.
"We've got a lot of hurdles," said Michael Morris, director of transportation for the North Central Texas Council of Governments, which predicts construction of the $5 billion rail line could start in four years.
"We got to get environmentally cleared, we've got to have this organizational structure to exist to receive the funds in case TxDOT doesn't," Morris said. "We're three or four years away, but we have lots of hurdles in those three or four years for this to be a reality."
"We're never going to be able to support enough concrete to accommodate all our traffic," Mayor Betsy Price told council members. "This could be a major piece and a solution for us for transit in the future."
Price and other supporters hope the high-speed rail line could connect with the one proposed to run between Dallas and Houston.
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The Fort Worth City Council will hear more details next month, including two possible locations for the rail station, and three possible routes for the rail line itself.
