Star Tribune Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:50:45 GMT
Central Corridor rail line clicks a step closer to reality with plan
East metro officials reached an agreement. Yet to be resolved: How to run line through U campus. ... Ramsey County, long a champion of the line, has for now backed off its insistence that the terminus be at the rear concourse of the Union Depot in St. Paul. On Tuesday, the county Regional Rail Authority voted 7-0 to approve a resolution that says: • The line should end on Fourth Street in front of the Union Depot, rather than extending to the depot's abandoned rear concourse, which county officials envision as a regional transportation hub for buses, trains and taxis. • A maintenance building capable of handling two- and three-car trains will be built on county-owned land near the concourse south of Kellogg Boulevard. • Three additional stops -- at Hamline, Victoria and Western avenues -- need to be designed and roughed in for future use as money becomes available. • At least one of those stops needs to be built in the first phase of construction. "It's a good compromise," said Ramsey County Commissioner Rafael Ortega.
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