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From: Sheldon Gitis Date: Jul 18 01:51 UTC Short link

Yesterday, I received a large white envelope, first-class postage, from the
Metropolitan Council.  The envelope contained a single, 8½  X  11 sheet
headlined: Notice of Publication of Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Project
Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Public Hearings.

Apparently, as it now stands, the Met. Council isn’t even pretending that the
proposed Central Corridor concrete project (for which Ramsey County pays
roughly $100 million to repave University Avenue and Hennepin County pays
roughly $30 million to reinforce the 50-year old, fracture-critical, Washington
Avenue Bridge) will serve the public transit riders, small independent
businesses, and neighborhood residents along University Avenue.  According to
the notice: “The Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Project is an
approximately 11-mile line that would serve Downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul,
as well as the University of Minnesota and the State Capitol complex.”(SEE
ATTACHED FILE)
The service area between the Capitol and the U, which encompasses more than
half of the 11-mile line, isn’t even mentioned in the notice.

We were not considered.



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