Star Tribune Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:23:47 GMT
Transit agency to study rail plan
The study will give Hennepin County planners a better idea of the costs and ridership of a Minneapolis-Eden Prairie line.The Federal Transit Administration has approved the start of environmental study on the proposed Southwest Corridor Light Rail Transit line from Minneapolis to Eden Prairie. That means the federal agency finds enough merit in the project to allow it to proceed in the study and evaluation process, said Katie Walker, Hennepin County's chief planner for the rail line. To be eligible for 50 percent federal funding and to open as proposed between 2015 and 2017, the project ultimately would have to meet FTA cost and ridership requirements and to be listed as a priority by the Metropolitan Council.
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