One pricey delay for Southwest light rail line
How inflation adds $45 million-plus to total $1.68 billion cost.
View ArticleBig wheels line up in transportation push
Are broad coalitions the cooperative politics we need, or a play for spoils?
View ArticleSouthwest LRT bridge designs unveiled for Kenilworth
The Southwest Light Rail Transit project office presented three design concepts for the bridge over the Kenilworth Channel between Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis.
View ArticlePark 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 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 ArticleStudy shows noise impacts of Southwest LRT
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 ArticleFTA orders study of LRT effects on park land
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board called on the federal agency to intervene in the $1.65 billion project earlier this year – citing concerns that impacts to the channel, lakes and surrounding...
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 Article
