Central Corridor Light Rail Transit (LRT)

The Central Corridor LRT line will connect downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul along University and Washington avenues through the State Capitol complex, Midway area and University of Minnesota.

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UNIVERSITY AVENUE BUSINESS OWNERS!

The Metropolitan Council needs your input to help project engineers design the LRT line and University and Washington Avenues and develop construction and business mitigation programs. See details (pdf).

Please complete this brief survey (pdf) and return it to us. Thank you!
Hearings set before formal action on Central Corridor preliminary design plans (5-15-08) pdf
Met Council approves final scope of Central Corridor LRT project Action clears the way to complete preliminary engineering (2-27-08)

Public involvement

Public involvement opportunities
Public outreach staff

Reports & presentations

Central Corridor reports & presentations
Preliminary design plans for municipal consent

About the project

Partners & oversight, office location, fact sheets
Frequently Asked Questions about the Central Corridor LRT project
Central Corridor map (pdf)
Project Facts Handout (pdf)

News

Making Tracks: the Central Corridor newsletter - current issue, April 2008 (pdf)
Central Corridor news releases and feature articles, media contacts, downloadable images

Meetings

Upcoming Central Corridor meetings

Doing business with the Central Corridor project

Overview of doing business with the Metropolitan Council
Contracting opportunities
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program
Central Corridor DBE brochure (pdf)
MnDOT Relocation Assistance Guide (pdf)
MnDOT Guide for Property Owners (pdf)

Metropolitan Council

Public Comments & Questions

Media Contact - Laura Baenen

Main office