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DART board member warns state bills could cut transit funding; says Rowlett signal upgrades are coming
Summary
Mark Enoch, Dallas Area Rapid Transit board representative, told the Rowlett City Council that proposed state legislation could strip 25–34% of DART revenue and described steps to improve signalization and crossing arms in Rowlett.
Mark Enoch, a Dallas Area Rapid Transit board representative, told the Rowlett City Council on May 1 that two pieces of pending state legislation — referenced in the meeting as HB 3187 and SB 1557 — could sharply reduce DART’s revenues and harm service if adopted.
"That defunding would be, on its face, 25% of our revenues forever," Enoch said. He added that after debt service is paid the cut would amount to about 34% of revenues under DART’s accounting, and that the reduction would translate into service and maintenance shortfalls: "buses once an hour to trains that didn't roll on time because they weren't repaired."
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