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Met Council, UM reach agreement on Central Corridor

Excavation work at the University of Minnesota in advance of the start of LRT construction next year on campus. Photo courtesy of Met Council

Representatives of the Metropolitan Council and the University of Minnesota have reached agreement on a plan to protect university research facilities from vibration and electromagnetic interference caused by the Central Corridor light [...]

Central Corridor American Indian Business And Employment Workshop

Learn about the minority-owned, women-owned small business inclusion program and about what type of skills workers will need to help build the light rail line between St. Paul and Minneaolis at an event sponsored by the Met Council and the Minnesota American Indian Chamber of Commerce.

When: 5 p.m – 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 7.
Where: Minnesota Chippewa [...]

Central Corridor Construction Information

Courtesy of Metropolitan Council

The Met Council has created a presentation on what to expect when the light rail construction project along University Avenue begins in earnest later this year. Click here for a PDF version of the presentation (1.5mb [...]

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 [...]

Central Corridor Progress Report

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 [...]

Met Council Forms Construction Committee

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 [...]

Central Corridor Heavy Construction to Start

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 [...]

Central Corridor Project Update

Highlights for week of March 15

Fourth Street and all sidewalks and crosswalks will be reopened for one day on Wednesday March 17 to accommodate the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Road and crosswalk closures change on March 18. – NEW
Fourth between Wall and Sibley remains reduced to one lane westbound; watch for lane shifts.
Fourth between Sibley and [...]

Met Council Schedules Central Corridor Meetings

Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Council

The Met Council will be meeting with local community groups to discuss the Central Corridor LRT project. Click here for an updated schedule of [...]

Central Corridor Project Update

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 [...]