Community voices have played a crucial role in shaping the Blue Line Extension project to date and will continue to drive decisions as the project advances. Here are just a few of the ways your input has shaped this project:
Major Changes
- Moving the route off of West Broadway to 21st Avenue North between I-94 and James Avenue (Minneapolis)
- Moving route from Lyndale Avenue to east of I-94 (Minneapolis)
- Removing mixed LRT and traffic on 21st Avenue (Minneapolis)
- Park-and-Ride location options (Robbinsdale)
- Lowry Avenue Station redesign (Robbinsdale/Minneapolis)
- Improvements to West Broadway parallel to tracks on 21st Avenue (Minneapolis)
- Desiging project with an anti-displacement lens to minimize impacts (property/business)
Reducing Impacts
- Traffic signal placement and access at CR 103 (Brooklyn Park)
- An added “fourth leg” at the intersection of West Broadway and Hwy 610 (Brooklyn Park)
- Evaluated 4-, 5-, and 6- traffic-lane options with LRT from Bass Lake Road to Hwy 100 (Crystal)
- Adding a traffic overpass at Bass Lake Road (Crystal)
- Reconstruction of Bass Lake Road to support better pedestrian connection to Becker Park (Crystal)
- Added U-Turn movement at Bass Lake Road and Sherborne Avenue (Crystal)
- No-net-loss in vegetation near the Project
- Reducing property impacts
- New connection across I-94 and 21st Avenue (Minneapolis)
Community Impacts
- Trail connections to and from station
- Pedestrian safety improvements along corridor
- Pedestrian connects to and from Lowry Avenue station, including to and from North Memorial Hospital (Robbinsdale)
- Road improvements
- Street parking improved connectivity and traffic circulation (Minneapolis)
- Transit greenways to provide safe and comfortable places for people to walk, bike, and take transit
Station Amenities
- Additional station lighting
- Uniform fencing
- Moved Downtown Robbinsdale station to north of 40th Street (Robbinsdale)
- Include a Metro Transit substation in Downtown Robbinsdale Park-and-Ride
- All lighting installed will use LEDs and meet Dark Sky compliance
- Adding a second station between Lyndale and James avenues
- Changing the Lowry Avenue station from an elevated platform to one at ground level
Learn more about our engagement efforts.