Construction bids for the eastern portion of the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit project — the work at the St. Paul end of the line — will be opened May 18, and the Met Council is to award the contract June 23. As previously announced, construction will begin in August east of the Capitol [...]
No need for 3D glasses — our artists have done the work for you. Here is a new animated look at how plans are progressing for Ramsey County’s renovation of Union Depot in downtown St. Paul. The new Union Depot Multimodal Transit Hub will reopen for business in late 2012, with service by Amtrak, Greyhound, Jefferson [...]
Central Corridor utility relocation work in downtown St. Paul last fall.
The Met Council’s Central Corridor Community Advisory Committee and Business Advisory Council are transitioning to Construction Communication Committees that the Central Corridor Project Office is creating. The outreach staff will be seeking nominations this spring and will hold a joint kickoff meeting this summer to [...]
Utility relocation work at Fourth and Robert streets in downtown St. Paul last summer.
From the Met Council:
Shovels will start digging for the Central Corridor LRT line in August east of the Capitol where work will begin on Robert and 12th streets north of Interstate 94, the Central Corridor Project Office said today. Utility relocations in [...]
Highlights for week of March 1 from the Met Council:
Crews will be pulling cables in the area around Fourth Street that will result in periodic lane closures and temporarily hooded parking meters.
Sidewalk on the northeast corner of Wall and Fourth reopens.
South and east crosswalk at Wacouta and Fourth remains closed. Alternate routes are crosswalks [...]
Representatives from the Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority, MA Mortenson Construction, and other partners signed a contract last week to allow work to begin on renovations to Saint Paul’s historic Union Depot. The team committed to an aggressive construction schedule, which calls for the renovations to the Amtrak, commuter and high-speed rail facilities to be completed [...]
Property manager Amy Petersen with Halverson and Blaiser Group and owner Jim Golden of Golden's Deli at the northwest corner of Fourth and Wall streets in Lowertown St. Paul want folks to know contractor crews are maintaining access to his building during advanced utility relocation work for the Central Corridor LRT Project. Photo courtesy of [...]
Traffic details for week of Nov. 16
Robert between Fourth and Sixth will remain reduced to one lane in each direction
Fourth is closed from Minnesota to Jackson. For alternate routes, use Kellogg or Fifth.
Fourth is closed to through traffic west of the intersection with Sibley, but access is maintained to businesses and a parking ramp via Jackson.
The [...]
Traffic details for week of Nov. 9
Robert between Kellogg and Fifth Street will be closed from 6 a.m. Nov. 7 until 5 p.m. Nov. 15. For alternate routes, use Minnesota and Jackson
Robert from Fifth to Sixth remains open to one lane in each direction
Fourth is closed from Minnesota to Jackson. For alternate routes, use [...]
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