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[KevinKorell]

Minnesota Public Radio, 12/27/18:

 

 

  Train to somewhere: Delays done, Southwest light rail rolls forward  

 

 

A ceremonial groundbreaking for the Southwest Corridor light rail project took place in the middle of nowhere in Hopkins on a Friday afternoon in November. It was 30 degrees and the ground was still a little frozen, but a handful of Minnesota politicians looked like they couldn't be happier to be there shoveling dirt.

 

 

Story here.

[KevinKorell]

KSTP-TV, ABC-5 in St. Paul, MN, 4/23/19:

 

 

  Longtime Minneapolis bar closes due to Southwest Light Rail construction 

 

 

Work that will soon start on the Southwest Light Rail line is causing a Minneapolis bar to close its doors after more than 60 years.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

KARE-TV, Channel 11 in Minneapolis, MN, 4/22/19:

 

 

 

  No reprieve for trees in path of SW Light Rail  

 

 

 

We've known for years that the Southwest Light Rail project would claim a lot of trees along the Kenilworth Trail in Minneapolis, but judgment day is almost here.

 

 

This is the story.

[KevinKorell]

KMSP-TV, Fox-9 in Minneapolis, MN, 5/11/19:

 

 

'It's going to be unpleasant': Trail users brace for light rail construction closures

 

 

A new light rail line will connect Minneapolis to Eden Prairie, but some trail users aren’t happy about it.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

KSTP-TV, 5-ABC in Minneapolis, MN, 5/13/19:

 

  First rails for Southwest Light Rail project roll into St. Louis Park 

 

 

The first rails for the Southwest Light Rail extension of the Green Line rolled into St. Louis Park Monday.

 

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[KevinKorell]

CBS Minnesota, 6/23/19:

 

 

Minneapolis Light-Rail Foes Worry About Minnesota State Bee

 

 

 

The group managing construction of a $2 billion light-rail project between Minneapolis and southwestern suburbs is receiving stinging criticism about the well-being of Minnesota’s newly anointed state bee.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Sun-Sailor, Coon Rapids, MN, 1/16/20:

 

 

  Work on Southwest Light Rail Transit line will ramp up in 2020 

 

 

 

Metro residents who have noticed Southwest Light Rail Transit construction in 2019 may observe even more work this year.

 

“2020 is going to be a major construction year, even more so than 2019,” said Trevor Roy, spokesperson for the project. “There are going to be big things happening along the entire corridor."

 

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[KevinKorell]

Railway, Track, & Structures, 5/4/20:

 

   Momentum continues to build on Southwest LRT project in Minnesota  

 

 

Construction on the Southwest LRT project in Minnesota continues, and for the entire month of May Wooddale Avenue in St. Louis Park will be closed as crews build the new Cedar Lake Regional Trail underpass.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Minneapolis, MN Star-Tribune, 5/22/20:

 

  New Southwest LRT train cars arrive  

 

 

The first two trains for the $2 billion Southwest light-rail project arrived in the Twin Cities Thursday morning and will soon undergo extensive testing before the metro's third LRT line begins service in 2023.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Rail, Track, & Structures, 7/16/20:

 

   Crane collapses on Southwest light-rail project in Minneapolis     

 

 

A partial crane collapse stopped Twin Cities & Western Railroad freight traffic on July 15 in Minneapolis, Minn. No injuries were reported and no word yet on whether freight traffic has been restored.

 

The crane was working the Southwest project, which is a $2 billion, 14.5-mile extension of the Green Line. The rail will connect Minneapolis with Eden Prairie, and passenger service is expected to begin in 2023.

 

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