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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.
Burnet County Commissioner Pct. 2 Commissioner Damon Beierle urged attendees to battle a proposed new railway along U.S. 281. Raymond V. Whelan/The Highlander

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.

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