Park Board seeks federal intervention in Southwest rail project
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is asking the Federal Transit Administration to intervene, a decision supporters worry will jeopardize the $1.65 billion project.
View ArticleStatus Report: Transit projects in Twin Cities
Finance & Commerce takes a look at what to expect in 2015 from the three transit lines in the federal funding pipeline and an overview of the other transit lines currently in development.
View ArticleDayton: Take that, Minneapolis Park Board
Gov. Mark Dayton is proposing a $3.77 million cut to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board over the next biennium.
View ArticleNew study shows noise impacts from Southwest rail line
Some of the greatest potential noise impacts will be near the 21st Street station in the Kenilworth area, which the project considers a “park-like” setting.
View ArticleAlliance asks judge to apply brakes on LRT
The Lakes and Parks Alliance is asking a federal judge to “hit the pause button” on the Southwest LRT project and make the Metropolitan Council comply with environmental laws.
View ArticleMet Council, Park Board reach compromise for Southwest rail
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has agreed to back down from its push for a tunnel, rather than a bridge, to carry Southwest LRT trains between Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles.
View ArticleSouthwest light rail case in judge’s hands
A group of residents concerned about environmental impacts in the Kenilworth Corridor between Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles, filed suit in September against the Met Council and the Federal Transit...
View ArticleSouthwest LRT environmental study released
The new analysis includes a shifted alignment in Eden Prairie, the location of a maintenance facility in Hopkins and a shallow tunnel to carry light rail trains between West Lake Street and the...
View ArticleJudge denies summary judgment in Southwest LRT case
A federal judge has ruled that the Metropolitan Council was within its rights to seek municipal approvals for the future Southwest Light Rail Transit line before updated environmental reviews were made...
View ArticleRevised Southwest LRT project looks for municipal consent
The early process for design, financing and municipal approvals is moving forward, including revisions to the project’s Environmental Impact Statement and scope.
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