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Helping cities and townships prosper to ensure a thriving, vibrant region is at the core of the Livable Communities program.

The district members each represent a geographically defined Metropolitan Council district. Council members will be sworn in before the regular Metropolitan Council meeting on March 8.

The Metropolitan Council reported an overall 17% increase in ridership on the services it provides, including Metro Transit, contracted routes, Metro Mobility, and Transit Link.

Industries that provide important services and products are monitored so any inappropriate or illegal discharges are brought into compliance or otherwise remedied.

To date, we have measured a 67% reduction in the amount of mercury entering the massive Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant in Saint Paul.

In December, the Met Council adopted an internally focused Climate Action Work Plan.

Benefitting local governments include Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Chaska, Golden Valley, Minneapolis, Roseville, Richfield, and Anoka, Ramsey, and Washington counties.

Ernest Morales III joins the Metro Transit Police department from New York, where he spent most of his career in the New York City Police Department.

15 initiatives will receive Livable Communities program grants totaling more than $5 million for to help them achieve their goals of economic prosperity, job creation, housing choices, and mobility.

Zelle has served as chair of the Metropolitan Council since December 2019.

This light rail project made progress towards selecting a new route after more than 18 months of robust community engagement.

Inflow and infiltration of clear water into the wastewater system, especially during major storm events, can overload the system and cause sewer backups and sewage overflows into rivers and lakes.