Metro Transit, partners expand efforts to improve transit reliability Metro Transit and local partners are expanding the use of bus lanes, signal technology, and other tactics to improve transit reliability across the region. October 9, 2024
Message from the Council Chair: A growing partnership with American Indian communities October 8, 2024
American Indian Advisory Council delivers recommendations for action to Met Council The Metropolitan Council’s American Indian Advisory Council delivered its recommendations for action to Met Council members in September. October 8, 2024
Artists engage residents in imagining the region’s future A group of nine artists from the seven-county metro region engaged residents young and old during the public comment period for the Draft Imagine 2050 regional development guide. October 8, 2024
EPA honors Met Council for water-saving program A Metropolitan Council program that saved an estimated 30 million gallons of water last year is being recognized as a national leader by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. October 3, 2024
Met Council grants help developments become shovel-ready The Metropolitan Council in September approved $1,050,000 in Livable Communities Act predevelopment grants for seven projects in five cities and one $50,000 grant for policy development. October 3, 2024
Metro HRA earns top performer status for 20th year The Metropolitan Council’s Housing and Redevelopment Authority has earned the top rating for performance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the 20th consecutive year. August 28, 2024
U.S. Army Reserve soldiers see criticality of wastewater treatment More than 50 soldiers from the 407th Civil Affairs Battalion, United States Army Reserve, toured the Metropolitan Council’s Seneca Water Resource Recovery Facility. August 28, 2024
Met Council vote sets over $500 million in transportation investment in motion The Metropolitan Council has approved a comprehensive transportation funding package. August 28, 2024
Meet Allison Waukau, tribal liaison and Native relations coordinator In December 2023, the Metropolitan Council hired its first full-time tribal liaison and Native relations coordinator, Allison Waukau, Menominee/Navajo. July 31, 2024
Met Council sets 2025 wastewater rates The Metropolitan Council has approved a 5.6% increase in the overall regional municipal wastewater charge for 2025. July 30, 2024
Metro regional parks and trails attract over 69 million visits Regional parks and trails in the seven-county metro region continue to be hugely popular, seeing 69.4 million visits in 2023. July 30, 2024
Metro population growth slows, construction strong The population of the seven-county Twin Cities region is growing more slowly in the 2020s than it did in the previous decade, but population continues to increase. July 30, 2024
Met Council asks cities to sign off on preliminary design plans for Blue Line Extension Hennepin County and the four cities on the route of the proposed METRO Blue Line Extension are being asked to review the preliminary design plans of the light rail transit project. July 30, 2024