Hopkins has a handful of notable properties within a short distance of the proposed line.
The Southwest Light Rail Transit planning process isn’t just about ridership numbers and costs; it’s about minimizing the impact that’s inherent in any project of this size. Part of that process involves surveying historic buildings on and near the routes being considered. A team examined properties within a so-called “area of potential effect”—an area-within 300 feet of the railroad corridor’s centerline—to see if they met National Register Criteria for Evaluation. For the areas around the proposed stations, they broadened their search to sites within a quarter mile. In Hopkins, surveyors examined 143 total properties. Of those, they selected five properties and a potential historic district for further review. Only one historic site and …
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Oakridge Investment Co. Building
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Nygren Building
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Minneapolis Moline Co. Building.
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The city’s comments on the draft environmental impact statement focused heavily on how park and rides would affect the community.
The City of Hopkins is urging planners to use caution when considering building park and rides at the three Southwest Light Rail Transit stations planned in the community. The public comment period on the project’s draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) closed Dec. 31. The DEIS will be used to judge project impacts and is the primary document for review by federal, state and local agencies and the general public. Hopkins’ official comments include modest corrections, notes about omissions and details about upcoming development plans. Yet much of the discussion centers on the city’s worries about park and rides at the three stations—Blake Road, Downtown Hopkins and Shady Oak. Click on the PDF to the right of this article to read the …
Officials are seeking input on the draft environmental impact statement released Friday morning.
The Southwest Light Rail Transit Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) is available for public comment following publication in the Federal Register on Friday. The DEIS will be used to judge the impacts of the proposed Southwest LRT project and is the primary document for review by federal, state and local agencies and the general public. It documents: The DEIS is available for review at http://www.southwesttransitway.org. Hard copies are also available. A list of locations where those copies are kept is included at the bottom of this article. Public input on the DEIS will be used to inform preliminary engineering, which is scheduled to begin in early 2013. The public comment period will last 60 days. The deadline to submit comments …
James Warden
9:04 am on Monday, January 14, 2013
Here's the preview story I did on the proposed bus cuts: http://hopkins.patch.com/articles/metro-transit-considers-cutting-some-hopkins-bus-service I'll have a more-detailed look after I hear Tuesday's presentation. more ›