Indian River and Martin Counties have joined with Citizens Against Rail Expansion in Florida (CARE FL) asking for the $1.15 Billion in Private 
Activity Bonds approved for Brightline’s funding of Phase 2 to be “vacated and annulled”. Phase 2 would travel through the Treasure Coast with no stops from West Palm Beach to Orlando.
The lawsuit states that Federal Officials did not take into consideration the environmental impacts from the high-speed passenger rail.
From the Motion:
“These trains would hurtle non-stop through Indian River County for a distance of 21 miles at an average speed of 106.6 mph, crossing 32 roadways at-grade, and non-stop through Martin County for a distance of 26 miles at an average speed of 79.5 mph over 27 at-grade crossings, and up to 110 mph in some locations. In contrast, today the average speed of the freight trains in the two counties is 28.5 mph.”
“The existing rail corridor is largely unfenced, with many formal and informal pedestrian crossings, leading a Federal Railroad Administration (“FRA”) engineer to conclude, after his on- site inspection, that “[t]respassing is an epidemic along this corridor.” ”
Read the Press Release: HERE
Read the Motion: HERE