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For the Blue Line light rail extension in Minneapolis, two Xcel Energy underground electric transmission lines will need to be moved.

The Metropolitan Council recently approved a plan to extend the Blue Line to run through the Lyn Park neighborhood and past Kathy Neitzke's home on Lyndale Avenue.

As it tries to avoid the cost overruns and delays of the Green Line light rail extension, the north Metro's Blue Line project faces a different challenge: opposition along the route.

One resident warns: "This will be another Rondo."

Plagued by cost overruns, Southwest light rail taps budget reserve (FOX 9) - Southwest Light Rail, the biggest public works project in Minnesota history, tapped a lifeline Tuesday to keep construction of the over-budget and behind-schedule line moving. The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to commit the final $200 million contingency fund set aside in 2018. Much of the contingency will be used on change orders related to what a project spokesman called "unforeseen conditi...

Bottineau Blue Line light-rail reboot takes shape After original plan fell through, transit planners are expected to decide on a new route by late next year.  December 19, 2020 — 10:04am Text size Copy shortlink: Now that transit planners have launched a major reboot of the Bottineau Blue Line light-rail project, an important question looms: Just where will it go? Broadly speaking, the $2 billion public transit line would connect T...