Residents voice rail line concerns

On April 8, more than 200 local residents voiced fierce opposition at a town hall on a planned railroad line re-activation in northern Burnet County.

The meeting was held at the Hill Country Fellowship main auditorium, 200 Houston Clinton Drive.

The Texas Materials Group has in- dicated it plans to revive an old railway along U.S. 281 between Burnet and Lampasas for the purpose of hauling crushed granite between quarries.