Counties vote on adding METRO to Gulf Coast Rail District

The decision would add METRO as a voting member of the Gulf Coast Rail District. (Courtesy Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County) Montgomery County and Harris County commissioners each voted on requests Dec. 19 from the Gulf Coast Rail District regarding the addition of a full voting board seat for the Metropolitan Transit Authority in Houston, as Fort Bend County and the city of Houston officials await their next meetings to take votes on the same issue that could potentially move forward high-speed rail projects in the region.