It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

Star Tribune Fri, 09 May 2008 04:14:17 GMT
LRT battles flare in new round of e-mails

A U of M memo to the feds over Central Corridor routing has both sides trading more barbs. The current timeline for planning the Central Corridor light-rail line is "overly aggressive and potentially unrealistic," federal officials said this week, sparking some pointed words among local planners of the project. The University of Minnesota's preference for a northern alignment through campus and a memo that the U sent to the Federal Transit Administration in March are jeopardizing the project's application for federal funding, according to Council Chairman Peter Bell and others involved in planning the line. "My request of the U is that they just be very clear on what it is they want," Bell said Thursday. "If they want the northern alignment and are willing to delay or perhaps lose the project, they should be honest about that."

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