When President Obama unveiled on Monday his new budget plan , Houston METRO came out a winner.   Two light-rail lines we're building - the North Corridor and the Southeast Corridor - were chosen to receive matching federal dollars - $75 million for each rail line. To be two of only four transit projects  nationwide ...

  Good news in our plans to build the North and Southeast lines: The Federal Transit Administration has just approved our Final Design on these two lines. This approval means we have just completed the final prerequisite toward entering something called a Full Funding Grant Agreement on both lines. And achieving that step signals the ...

    METRO's portion of the federal economic stimulus package is expected to be $92 million. METRO has identified a list of priority projects that may be advanced to spend that money. We are working with the Houston-Galveston Area Council to finalize the list of qualified projects.  Frank J. Wilson, METRO's ...