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What does $70 million buy?
In 2001, the University of Minnesota Board of Regents recommended a northern
alignment through Dinkytown for the Central Corridor light-rail line. 7 years
later, a preliminary study of the University’s preferred route has finally
begun.
According to State Sen. D. Scott Dibble, the $70 million in this year’s bonding
bill for the Central Corridor is to “continue to keep the Federal Government
engaged in moving forward on our studies.”
At the rate that this project is moving with its studies, no public transit
improvement is going happen any time soon. Rather, as Federal, State and
County funds, intended to support public transit, continue to get eaten up buy
road construction projects, public transit service will continue to decline and
fares will continue to increase.
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