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Pacts with freight lines allow officials to pursue $929 million federal grant.

About $200 million in federal funds will go to local highway, bridge, transit, bicycle and pedestrian projects. The federal funds will leverage additional local matching funds.

Representatives from the Metropolitan Council, Metro Transit, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, and Brooklyn Center gathered to break ground on the region's second rapid bus line, the C Line.

Eleven different routes have been identified as good candidates for arterial bus rapid transit — rubber-tire vehicles and enhanced stations with features that make light rail so popular with riders.

The cleanup push comes amid separate efforts to restore habitats and attract park visitors to a remote corner of St. Paul. 

Maplewood boasts a host of natural amenities, connections to major transportation corridors, strong commercial and business hubs, and residents who are active in the community’s public life.

Property owners across the region are saving an estimated 52 million gallons of water annually, thanks to the Council's Water Efficiency Grant Program.

Attaining a long-term goal several years ahead of time could be considered quite an accomplishment. How about reaching it 13 years earlier than projected?

The Metropolitan Council and the FTA have issued a Supplemental Environmental Assessment/Amended Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation for the METRO Green Line Extension Project.