What Do You Know About the Metro's Light Rail Projects?
A look at the details for the four light rail projects closest to completion.
Whether you like it or not, light rail is the talk of the metro at the moment. Businesses along the Central Corridor have another year of construction to look forward to. St. Louis Park residents are protesting the proposed relocation of freight rail in respone to the Southwest Transitway project as supporters continue to seek the necessary funding. In Golden Valley, residents are waiting to see what their City Council will do when it comes to supporting a resolution that would send a light rail train through their community. Many Golden Valley residents urged the City Council to vote no on the resolution that would allow more studies to be conducted about the Bottineau Transitway’s locally preferred alternative (LPA). Meanwhile, the …
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J. M Johnson
9:50 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
LRT most liely never will connect Robbinsdale and Crystal to Edina and Plymouth. Rather, it is meant to re-develop downtowns Robbinsdale and Crystal and develop further the Maple Grove shopping complex and the Target complex in Brooklyn Park. Edina and Plymouth acticity center growth stagnates and Brooklyn Park/Maple Grove boom with workers railing in from higher density urban oasies surrounding … more ›