Friday, May 17, 2013
The Met Council awarded the Golden Valley-based company an $8.4 million contract for the facility.
Knutson Construction is among the companies working on the push to expand transit in the Twin Cities. The Metropolitan Council awarded the Golden Valley-based company an $8.4 million contract to build a 1,000-car Metro Transit park-and-ride facility in Brooklyn Park, according to the Star Tribune. The new facility will nearly double the existing 511-car lot at the Highway 610-Noble Parkway interchange. The facility will have a 500-car ramp and a 500-car lot, and it will be built on a 9.2-acre property across Noble Parkway from the existing lot. Click here to read the full story.
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The site of the new park and ride.
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Inclusion of the project in the council’s transportation plan is an important part of moving the project forward.
The Metropolitan Council voted Wednesday to include the 13-mile-long Bottineau Transitway light rail transit project in its 2030 Transportation Policy Plan. Naming LRT as the “mode of choice” for the Bottineau Corridor—which runs from Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park, passing through Golden Valley—is an important step toward moving the project forward. The Met Council also selected the “locally preferred alternative” route along West Broadway Avenue in Brooklyn Park, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad corridor and Olson Memorial Highway/Trunk Highway 55. “Bottineau is key to the region’s future development and continued economic success," a news release quoted Council Chairwoman Susan Haigh. “As the Metropolitan Council works to build a…
Monday, April 8, 2013
HousingLink data highlights how uneven affordable housing availability can be.
Paying for rental housing is no easy proposition in Minnesota. Last month, the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s annual Out of Reach report ranked the state worst in the Midwest and 24th nationally. A breakdown of the report by the Minnesota Housing Partnership estimated that 54 percent of renters can’t afford a modest two-bedroom apartment. But apartments can have a hard time winning neighbors over even when they don’t specifically serve low-income renters—as recent debates have shown. In St. Louis Park, some residents criticized the proposed Eliot Park Apartments development that would build two new apartment buildings with a total of 138 units on Cedar Lake Road. Said Patch reader MMG: All of a sudden, all I am seeing in this city…
The Metropolitan Council is warning about dwindling groundwater supplies, but Golden Valley gets its water from the Mississippi. Find out how much water residents are using.
The Metropolitan Council is warning about the increasing use of groundwater across the metro—but unlike most other communities, Golden Valley gets its water from the Mississippi River Until the late 1970s, the seven-county region relied primarily on the Mississippi for its water needs. But today, about 70 percent of the metro relies on municipal and private wells that pump groundwater. “Aquifers are being depleted; lakes, streams, and wetlands are being damaged; and in some areas, groundwater levels have declined by as much as 40 feet, roughly one foot each year, since the 1970s,” a news release quoted said Keith Buttleman, assistant general manager of the Council’s Environmental Services division. The trend doesn’t have to continue, the …
Monday, March 11, 2013
The hearing begins Monday, Mar. 11, at 5 p.m. in Minneapolis.
The Metropolitan Council is holding a public hearing about the Bottineau Transitway on Monday, Mar. 11, beginning at 5 p.m. The hearing will take place at the Metro Transit F.T. Heywood Office Building Chambers located at 570 6th Ave N. in Minneapolis. “This is an important next step for the Bottineau Corridor and the metro area,” said Council Chair Susan Haigh said in a Met Council press release. “This public comment period begins the process of transitioning the project to the Metropolitan Council and positioning Bottineau for federal funding. This corridor will help in achieving a 21st century transportation system for the metro and further make the Twin Cities a region that can compete on a national and global scale. ” It’s one of many…
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Two upcoming community meetings in Minneapolis were referenced.
Before two upcoming Bottineau Transitway community meetings, the Golden Valley City Council heard a brief update on the proposed project at their Feb. 19 meeting. “Going forward, Hennepin County intends to provide updates to all of the communities impacted by the Bottineau Transitway, including Golden Valley, on a monthly basis,” Golden Valley City Planner Joe Hogeboom wrote in a memo to the council. The updates, Hogeboom told the council, should begin at city council meeting next month. “Staff is currently working to determine the timing and level of commitment from the county with regard to station area planning initiatives,” Hogeboom wrote in a memo to the council. “Staff intends to generate a schedule of events surrounding station …
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The alternatives analysis shows that some North Minneapolis residents have concerns about the possibility of a light rail coming down Penn Avenue.
Faster travel time. More cost effective. Fewer traffic impacts. These are some of the D-1 alignment benefits outlined in a recently finished document that reviews Bottineau Transitway route alternatives. According to Golden Valley City Council documents, the Metropolitan Council received the Bottineau Transitway Alternatives Analysis on Jan. 9. The 27 page document was compiled by the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority. The Met Council is expected to review and adopt the analysis—which explains why the light rail path through Golden Valley is preferred—in February. Upon adoption, the Met Council can apply for federal funding through the New Starts program. The alternatives analysis says that the D-2 alignment, which would send …
Monday, December 3, 2012
A study commissioned by the Itasca Project examined the return on investment for fully funding the regional transportation plan—which includes roads, buses and two more light rail lines by 2030.
A study commissioned by a group of Twin Cities business leaders estimates that the region could more than double the return on its investment by fully funding the Metropolitan Council’s transportation plan—which includes road and bus upgrades and the addition of two more light rail lines by 2030. “The Regional Transit Project Return on Investment Assessment” was commissioned by the Itasca Project—a group of more than 50 people that is made up mainly of private sector CEOs, with a small number of public and nonprofit leaders. Cambridge Systematics, the Massachusetts-based firm that did the analysis, estimates that implementing the Met Council’s plan would generate between $6.6 billion and $10.1 billion in direct benefits between 2030 and …
Saturday, July 9, 2011
The state's latest budget proposal would significantly impact the Met Council.
Editor's Note: This story originally noted that Met Council expected to lose as many as 10 million riders because of cuts. That figure is actually 17 million. Comments from John Levin, Metro Transit director of service development, has also been expanded for clarification. The story has been edited to reflect the changes noted. Metro Transit has proposed cutting bus routes throughout the metro within the next year because of potential funding cuts from the Minnesota state Legislature. The Metropolitan Council is bracing to lose 85 percent of the state's general fund contribution to transit for 2012-2013 if the Minnesota state Legislature passes the latest budget plan at the end of the state government shutdown—a worst-case scenario …
Monday, April 25, 2011
The Minneapolis Park Board is looking at three spots at Theo Wirth, but they want more input from you.
Finding an open space in Golden Valley for dogs to run free has proven to be a tough challenge for residents and the city council. But with money to invest in Theodore Wirth Park, the Minneapolis Park Board is now getting serious about creating a dog park. Theo Wirth falls under the park board's juristiction, but Golden Valley does have a representative on the Citizen Advisory Committee, a committee that will ultimately decide if and where a dog park will be built. The committee is paying close attention to the nearly 2000 surveys that were completed regarding the northern part of Theo Wirth. "To get that many completed surveys in 18 days is nothing short of amazing," Jennifer Ringold, manager of public engagement for the Minneapolis Park…
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Theodore Wirth Golf Course
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mike savick
3:00 pm on Monday, April 22, 2013
Low employment bothers me a lot as a human, tax payer and business consultant. One thing to think about is that workers, raw materials and related expenses are tax deductions. Another thought is that employees are hired to make money for the employer. Investments in business equipment are tax deductions. We need business leadership to create and sell more American products. Likewise we need … more ›