I have been serving on the Corridor Management Committee since the Southwest light rail project (SWLRT) began to be discussed during the Pawlenty administration, when Peter Bell was chair of the ...

HOPKINS, Minn. (WCCO) – Sen. Al Franken has a stern warning for Minnesota lawmakers - act by the end of the legislative session in May or risk losing out on $895 million in federal transportation ...

For years, concerned Minneapolis residents warned Hennepin County and the Metropolitan Council of problems they would face building and operating the Southwest light-rail project (SWLRT). Instead of ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- The Southwest Light Rail Transit project, whose future looked bleak after hopes of a special state legislative session were recently dashed, may now have another chance. Hennepin ...

A newly released report points to three key factors as reasons for many of the continuing delays and rising costs associated with the Southwest Light Rail Transit (SWLRT) project. Friday, the Office ...

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. – A key committee of the Metropolitan Council voted unanimously to recommend proposals to keep the Southwest Corridor Light Rail (SWLRT) project on track. The $1.6 billion ...

The planning agency overseeing the multi-billion-dollar Southwest Light Rail project, which has been bogged down with delays, cost increases, and questions about damage to nearby condo buildings in ...

EDEN PRAIRIE – Work on the new Southwest Light Rail Transit line is set to begin in May, which means portions of two popular trails in Hopkins, St. Louis Park and Minneapolis will be closed for at ...

On the day after the Met Council disclosed massive cost overruns and delays afflicting Southwest Light Rail, project managers were absorbing another body blow to the beleaguered transit extension: ...

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