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Rail Authority Budget Hearing

The Regional Rail Authority will meet Tuesday, September 7, Immediately following the 9 a.m. County Board Meeting in Council Chambers, Third Floor Ramsey County Court House, 15 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. On the agenda is the authority’s 2011 budget hearing and discussion of critical success indicators and performance measures. Click here for [...]

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 Update

Photo coutesy 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.

ALERT: Construction crews start sidewalk reconstruction along Fourth the week of Aug. 30; watch for marked pedestrian detours. See text below for more details about [...]

Red Rock Corridor Open Houses

More news from the Red Rock Corridor …

The video above was created by the consultant team completing the Red Rock Corridor Station Area Planning Study from interviews conducted during the recent Visioning Sessions.

The public is invited to a series of open houses along the corridor to learn more about the project and provide feedback to the [...]

Transit As Economic Development

From our partners at OnBoard Midwest:

High-speed rail along the Mississippi River Route is about more than just creating a new way to ride a train. It is about creating a regional train system that includes commuter, passenger, and freight transit. This regional vision for transportation will strengthen our region by [...]

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 [...]

Videos Posted from Pelosi Tour of Union Depot

‘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. [...]

Downtown Central Corridor Construction Update

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 [...]

Utility Relocation to begin east of Capitol after July Fourth

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 [...]

Speaker of the House tours Union Depot

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 [...]