The Metropolitan Council is nearing a final decision on the location of freight rail for the Southwest Light Rail Transit project.
Please attend these upcoming events to learn more about
the options being considered.
Get informed and share you opinion NOW!
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Save Kenilworth Greenway Rally
The rally against co-location of freight and LRT will take place tomorrow, Saturday, July 13th on the Kenilworth Greenway at the "Meadow" south of the Burnham Bridge.
Representative Frank Hornstein and Park Board Commissioner Anita Tabb
will be speaking.
Tomorrow, Saturday, July 13
9:30 a.m.
Kenilworth just south of Burnham Bridge
(if coming by car/street, come to 2512 Upton Avenue).
The rally is organized by LRT Done Right, a grassroots citizen group
dedicated to making sure Light Rail is "Done Right."
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Community Meetings on Freight Rail Issue
The Southwest LRT project office will host two community meetings July 17 & 18, on engineering concepts for resolving the location
of freight rail in the design of the project.
The content will be the same at both meetings so you are welcome to attend
either session.
The concepts explore various possibilities for co-locating freight and LRT tracks
in Minneapolis (Kenilworth corridor), as well as options to reroute freight rail traffic
in St. Louis Park to make way for LRT tracks. The relocation concepts to be presented will be different than the one described in the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS).
Both co-location and relocation options will involve removal of
residential and commercial properties.
Wednesday, July 17
Jones-Harrison Residence
3700 Cedar Lake Avenue, Minneapolis
Open House: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Presentation: 5:30 - 6:15 p.m.
Facilitated Q & A Session: 6:15 - 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 18
St. Louis Park High School
6425 W 33rd Street, St. Louis Park
Open House: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Presentation: 5:30 - 6:15 p.m.
Facilitated Q & A Session: 6:15 - 7:00 p.m.
Click here to view the event flier.
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