Downtown Austin leaders call light rail key to advancing affordability, growth

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Later this year, the Austin Transit Partnership will unveil its draft environmental impact statement, a detailed look at all the potential environmental, social and economic impacts of Austin's upcoming light rail system.

The draft EIS is a requirement under the National Environmental Policy Act, applied to any projects that receive federal funding. ATP announced in May phase one of its light rail implementation program had entered into the Federal Transit Administration's project development phase...