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Central Corridor Update

Construction work at Fourth and Sibley in downtown St. Paul

Advanced Utility Relocation Overview

Utility relocation and road construction is occurring on Fourth Street between Minnesota and Broadway Streets in preparation for the Central Corridor Light Rail. This work includes relocating utilities, permanently removing parking meters; and replacing sidewalks and light poles. When this work along Fourth [...]

Central Corridor Update

Photo courtesy of Metropolitan Council/Contractor crews install a new water main, sanitary sewer services and storm sewer on Fourth Street between Robert and Jackson streets in downtown St. Paul.

Construction highlights for week of May 24

Fourth between Sibley and Minnesota reduced to one lane eastbound; watch for lane shifts.
Wall Street reduced to one lane northbound [...]

Maintaining Access

Photo courtesy of Metropolitan Council

This scene in downtown St. Paul photographed by the Met Council this month looking west on Fourth Street at Jackson Street is an example of how construction projects maintain access to businesses. In this photo, two-thirds of the street is under construction and one-third is left open for vehicles. After contractor [...]

Business Support for Rail

From Dan Scott, former chair of the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce, writing in advance of National Train Day on the OnBoard Midwest blog:

Today the business community is … working hard to invest in efforts that are good for the entire community. This is why the Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce and other business [...]

Central Corridor Update

New business in corridor: Tony To with his mother, Lang Thi, at a new Vietnamese restaurant, Hoang Thien Y Deli, at 441 University Avenue. Photo courtesy of Metropolitan Council.

Highlights for the week of April 26

Fourth Street will be open for the Art Crawl on April 23, 24, and 25. The road will be fully opened [...]

Union Depot Informational Session

Ramsey County Regional Rail and Mortenson Construction hosted a community information session at Union Depot in St. Paul on April 22, 2010, to update businesses and neighbors about progress on the renovation project. Regional Rail Chair Jim McDonough and project leaders provided up-to-the-minute plans for returning the depot to service as a transit hub by 2012, [...]

Met Council to vote Feb. 24 on Hamline, Victoria, Western stations

Central Corridor station artist's rendering

The Metropolitan Council is expected to vote Feb. 24 on adding the three infill stations sought by St. Paul officials and community groups. The meeting agenda will be posted here before the meeting.

This was made possible recently when the Federal Transit Administration relaxed its policies for measuring cost-effectiveness and the federal [...]