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• AG Paxton’s opinion on METRO’s involvement in Uptown Houston Transit Project

  By Vimbai Chikomo | Monday, Dec 21, 2015 @ 4:41pm

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion in response to a query on the authority of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) to participate in the Uptown Houston Transit Project. Paxton’s Dec. 14 letter to Senator Nichols addressed the legality of METRO participating in the Uptown Houston Transit Project, also known as the Post Oak Boulevard Dedicated Bus Lanes Project, or “Project,” based on METRO’s 2003 contract with voters. In the letter, Paxton concluded that

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