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D1 Alignment

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

TONIGHT: Bottineau Transitway Public Hearing

Before the City Council approves a resolution allowing more studies to be conducted regarding the Bottineau Transitway and the D-1 alignment, councilmembers want to hear from the public.

Do you want a light-rail stop to come to Golden Valley? Would you rather keep the community the way it is, without modern transit? Either way, the Golden Valley City Council wants to hear your opinion at a special public forum tonight, Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. On Nov. 13, during a council/manager meeting, councilmembers got questions answered about the the D1 Alignment, which is the Locally Preferred Alternative that would bring the train through Golden Valley. Representatives from Hennepin County, the Metropolitan Council and Golden Valley's Human Rights Commission Task Force attended the meeting to work with councilmembers. When the City Council voted down the transitway plans last June, their concerns included the impact to the environment, …

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Council Will Host Public Hearing About Bottineau, Golden Valley City Council Votes Against Transitway, City To Discuss Bottineau Plans with Hennepin County, Met Council, and 14 more ›

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Valerie Engler

8:59 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Thanks, Andy. We removed the word "unanimously."   more ›

Thursday, October 11, 2012

City Will Revist Bottineau Transitway Plans

The City Council will meet with representatives from the Metropolitan Council and Hennepin County in November to get questions answered about the Bottineau Transitway, and its potential path through Golden Valley.

At a meeting on Oct. 9, Mayor Shep Harris and the Golden Valley City Council announced that the city will revisit plans for the Bottineau Transitway. According to Harris, on November 13, representatives from the Metropolitan Council and Hennepin County will sit down with councilmembers and answer questions about the transitway. "I think its important for this communication to happen," Harris told Patch. "We need to have these conversations to discuss concerns and get clarification." At a City Council meeting last June, councilmembers voted against the transitway, making Golden Valley the only city along the route to oppose the light rail construction. But today, the Golden Valley City Council isn't the only group thinking twice about …

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Golden Valley City Council Votes Against Transitway and Theodore Wirth Park

Cathy Abboud

12:44 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Who is going to pay for it? Estimated engineering costs alone of $94 million that there may not be any Federal funding for and will have to be paid locally! The article dated September 19th, 2012 in Finance and Commerce states: "The new federal transportation bill, approved in July, is now raising alarms that engineering work may not be supported with federal funding, as it has in the past. …   more ›

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