Based on technical considerations, community input, and past project work, a route recommendation was released in September 2023. The documents below represent the recommended route for light rail to connect communities from Minneapolis northwest to Brooklyn Park.
The METRO Blue Line Extension began seeking feedback in March 2021 on revised routes that did not use freight rail property as previously planned from the January 2018 plans. From 2021-2023, project staff sought public feedback on the new 63rd Street Station in Brooklyn Park, new stations and alignment in Crystal and Robbinsdale along Bottineau Blvd (County Road 81), and several route and station options between Target Field and West Broadway in Minneapolis. The visualizations and rollplots below showed the progress of these designs during these periods.
The plans below, published in January 2018, represent approximately 90% design for the METRO Blue Line Extension project's previous alignment.
Plan documents are primarily graphic and may not be compatible with screen readers. If you are unable to read a PDF document, email the Blue Line Extension Project Office to request the information in an alternate format.
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