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After more than two decades of planning, state’s largest infrastructure project is moving into construction.

$72 million in federal funding means transit project is fully funded.

As we head toward the close of the year, contractors are preparing to break ground on the largest public works project in Minnesota’s history — a project in the works for more than two decades. Construction to extend the METRO Green Line to Eden Prairie will employ more than 7,500 people from almost every corner of the state.

The Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership (MCAP) awarded the Council for efforts to help the region adapt to climate change.

Industrial customers of the Council’s wastewater treatment services will have another option to pay SAC for their process wastewater flows.

Grants will help create and preserve more than 250 affordable homes and leverage $82 million in other public and private investment.

Council awards civil construction contract, setting stage to break ground on Southwest LRT.

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) cleared the path for construction to begin on the Southwest Light Rail Transit Project (SWLRT).

In 2016, households in the Twin Cities paid about $274 per year for wastewater collection and treatment service. That’s 41% less than households in our peer regions across the country.

Council Chair Alene Tchourumoff will pursue a new professional opportunity. Vice Chair Harry Melander will assume the duties of the Chair in the Chair’s absence, until the end of the administration.

Work on the Beltline Interceptor Sewer is covered under a special federal permit for construction taking place near an eagle nest.

The update addresses trends that have emerged since the 2040 plan was first adopted in 2015 and includes new information.

The grants are expected to support the creation of more than 650 housing units affordable to low- and very low-income residents and important connections to jobs and services.

We support seven counties and 181 cities and townships as they update their local comprehensive plans every 10 years. We review the plans to ensure that they plan for areas to grow, enough housing, good transportation, and use of critical infrastructure like wastewater treatment. It’s a big job. But because we’ve been working together, not as big as it could be.

At stake is the number of representatives each state will get in Congress, and distribution of billions of dollars to and within states for the upcoming decade.