The Rush Line Task Force meeting scheduled for Thursday, July 15, has been cancelled. The meeting will be rescheduled for August. The date will be posted here when the schedule has been confirmed.
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Check out CCLRT’s “Doing Business” Webpage by clicking here. ‘When I came here once again to Minnesota, I saw the future’House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured Ramsey County’s Union Depot in St. Paul on June 26, along with members of the Ramsey County board, House Transportation Chairman Jim Oberstar, Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Rep. Keith Ellison, business and labor leaders and other local and state elected officials. She, Oberstar and McCollum promised continued federal participation in the Union Depot project, a $237.5 million renovation project to return the depot to its origins as a regional transit hub. We have posted videos from the news conference after the tour on our YouTube channel here.
 Contractor crews construct a sanitary manhole at Fourth and Wacouta streets in St. Paul. Photo courtesy of Metropolitan Council. TRAFFIC NOTE: Robert Street will be closed between Fifth and Kellogg from July 9th 6 PM through July 11th 10 p.m. Alternative route for southbound traffic is Jackson Street; alternative route for northbound traffic is Sibley. Other project-related traffic notes:
Visit the project web site for more information. You may also sign up to receive emailed construction updates every week with information about how to get around during the utility relocation work near the Capitol. Subscribe here. For all construction questions, call the Construction Hotline: 651-602-1404  This is example of electrical manhole construction, which will be built in University Avenue east of Robert Street and on 12th Street between Cedar and Robert streets starting on or after July 8. Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Council. Shortly after July Fourth, utility relocation will begin east of the state Capitol on Robert and 12th streets north of Interstate 94. Utility relocation is in advance of the Central Corridor LRT Project’s first heavy construction work that will begin in August in this area. For details, click here. Most of the heavy construction will begin on University Avenue in 2011 between Emerald Street and Hamline Avenue and in 2012 between Hamline and Robert. The heavy construction work in downtown St. Paul will occur in 2011 and 2012. You may sign up to receive emailed construction updates every week with information about how to get around during the utility relocation work near the Capitol. Subscribe here.
Visit the project web site for more information. For all construction questions, call the Construction Hotline: 651-602-1404  Rendering of Central Corridor LRT in front of Union Depot Public transit systems — specifically light rail transit — contribute to weight loss and improved health, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine and reported by ScienceDaily on June 28. From the magazine:
Read the rest of the summary report here. Download and read the original AJPM study article here. (A hat tip to the always healthy Bob Gagne of Colle+McVoy in Minneapolis)  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks after a tour of Ramsey County's Union Depot on Saturday while Commissioners Jim McDonough and Rafael Ortega and Congressman Jim Oberstar look on. ‘The Dirt Will Fly’House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured Ramsey County’s Union Depot in St. Paul this morning, along with members of the Ramsey County board, House Transportation Chairman Jim Oberstar, Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Rep. Keith Ellison, business and labor leaders and other local and state elected officials. “It’s not an accident that the $50 million (in initial federal funding) came to this project,” said Pelosi, as she saluted the leadership of Oberstar, McCollum in securing the federal commitment. “And you heard the magical words: ‘There’s more to come on this project.’ You all have worked together to bring this project together and all that springs from it. It’s exciting to see.” “I came to Minnesota to see the future,” she continued. “If we give you the money, we know the dirt will fly. … You are a model to the nation and our hopes are riding with you on this project and transportation for our future. … This is the future and this is a lot of money, but a small price to pay to take this region into the future.” The historic Union Depot was once a bustling hub for the region’s rail traffic, serving more than 200 passenger trains a day before it was shuttered 40 years ago. The renovations being undertaken by Ramsey County will transform the train station once again into a multimodal transportation hub with facilities for Amtrak, commuter, high-speed, and light-rail transit, local and interstate buses, bicycles and pedestrians. The depot will reopen for rail service in 2012. The renovation is the largest public works project ever undertaken by Ramsey County. “This is a model project for the country on how to come together to work on a project,” said McCollum. “Union Depot constructon will start this fall. “The Union Depot project, with a total estimated cost of $237.5 million, will consolidate several existing transportation services into one intermodal facility serving St. Paul, Ramsey County and the Upper Midwest. The Depot Project has benefited greatly from ARRA funding. The project has already put 170 people to work and will employ 3,000 people when construction is in full swing next year,” said Ramsey County Commissioner Jim McDonough, chair of the Regional Rail Authority. “Union Depot also plays a key role in the revitalization of downtown St. Paul, particularly the Lowertown Historic District. The related economic development will create jobs, short term and long term.” “The Depot will bring 3,000 jobs to our state — good-paying jobs where families can support themselves,” said Shar Knutson, president of the AFL-CIO. “This helps our citizens, our economy and our state.” “This project has a national commitment. But it could not happen without local participation and the partnerships that have been forged,” said Oberstar. “We should not be a Third World country in passenger rail. We led the way in rail transportation and we need to bring it back. We are going to get there.”  Members of the Minnesota congressional delegation, the Ramsey County board, other local and state elected officials, business and labor leaders pose with Pelosi in the Union Depot concourse. To read more about the visit, including links to media coverage, visit our partner site Onboard Midwest. To see the rest of the photos from the visit, click on the slideshow below.
 Contractor crews maintain access for pedestrians and wheelchair users along Fourth Street. Construction highlights for week of June 21
Visit the project web site for more information. For all construction questions, call the Construction Hotline: 651-602-1404
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