A proposed high-speed rail route from Fort Worth and Arlington to downtown Dallas remains “fatally flawed,” according to an attorney for Hunt Realty Investments who alleges the project would hurt the $3.7 billion expansion of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center and the company’s plan to redevelop the Reunion Arena site.
However, the real estate company’s proposal to expand the convention center to the former arena site was quashed April 3, when Dallas city officials announced they would stick with the original plan so it doesn’t conflict with the planned expansion of Interstate 30, Union Pacific’s rail line and the high-speed rail route from Dallas to Houston.
Eric Gambrell, an attorney for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP who is representing Dallas businessman Ray L. Hunt and his associated companies, has been sending frequent letters to the North Central Texas Council of Governments for months on behalf of his client. He also said the council of governments’ approval of $1 million for a potential legal fight over the project is a substantial waste of money…