Politics & Government

(VIDEO) Take a Tour of the Southwest LRT Route

The Met Council released a new video that offers a virtual look at the proposed transitway.

Want a better look at where the proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit line will run? On Monday, the Metropolitan Council released a nine-minute video that offers a guided tour of the route.

Using Google Earth, the video takes viewers along the route approved to enter preliminary engineering—from Mitchell Station in Eden Prairie to Target Field Station in Minneapolis. Along the way, narration describes the stops, new infrastructure and other key features of the route.

Southwest’s prospects before the Legislature remain uncertain—at least for this legislative session. Talks on the bonding bill that was to contain $25 million for light rail have broadened to cover projects as diverse as infrastructure for the Vikings stadium. But there is not yet any indication that Southwest LRT will make it into the bill.

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The $25 million was to be part of a $125 million total state contribution to the project. Federal money and county funds that are required to be spent on transit would match that, including a federal share of $625 million.

Gov. Mark Dayton included the $25 million in his version of the bonding bill, but legislators .

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