News & Events

Excess salt in our waterbodies threatens our environment. It damages infrastructure, compromises drinking water, and threatens pets, wildlife, and aquatic organisms.

People made an estimated 64.9 million visits, a 2.6% increase over 2019, the last time visits were estimated. Trail visits alone grew 11% over 2019.

Two recent incidents have prompted evacuations at the University’s Twin Cities campus and in surrounding neighborhoods.

A grant agreement with Saint Paul Regional Water Services will use advanced metering infrastructure equipment to identify significant leaks faster and more accurately than current methods.

New comprehensive regional plan will establish the vision, values, key challenges, and policies for transportation, water services, parks, land use, and housing throughout the metro.

Private property owners will soon have access to funding to repair sewer pipes that come out of their property and ultimately connect to the regional wastewater system.

A partnership of government agencies and schools are working to build climate resilience in Vadnais-Snail Lakes Regional Park, including native habitat restoration and relocation of facilities.

The Metropolitan Council has awarded $2.6 million in polluted-site cleanup grants to nine projects that promote redevelopment and economic opportunity in the region.

Christine Beckwith will help guide the future of the Blue Line Extension as it moves towards the start of construction anticipated around 2025.

Yesterday’s explosion on the University of Minnesota campus is a stark reminder that the only thing that should go down the sewer besides human waste is toilet paper.

Four Livable Communities grants total $475,000 are from an account in the Livable Communities program that funds project feasibility studies, site planning, and community engagement work.

Project leaders can now move forward on this important transit project by continuing environmental, design, engineering, and anti-displacement activities.

Officials have the opportunity to compare the data with their own knowledge and observations and collaborate with our staff to fine-tune and certify the estimates to meet state requirements.