Southwest LRT now expected to cost up to $2.75B, open in 2027
After a year of silence, Met Council offers clarity on project.
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After a year of silence, Met Council offers clarity on project.
The 14-mile Green Line extension likely won't start moving passengers between St. Paul and Eden Prairie until 2027, and price tag may climb as high as $2.7 billion.
It looks like more delays are in the Southwest Light Rail Transit project's future and the state's costliest public works project may get even more expensive, according to a proposed settlement with a contractor.
The over-budget and behind-schedule Southwest Light Rail project that began in 2018 will take an extra 34 months to finish, putting it on track to open sometime in 2026
On Tuesday, July 20, organizations gathered press and politicians at the Headwaters of the Mississippi River in Itasca State Park to demonstrate the impacts of Line 3 to states downstream on the Mississippi River, and speak about treaty rights.