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The extension is expected to bring total daily ridership on the METRO Blue Line to more than 30,000 by adding 11,500 to 13,000 daily rides.

Thank you to everyone who engaged with us on this project in 2023! Your input is critical, and many important milestones were reached this past year with community voices at the forefront.

18 months of group discussions, community meetings, and one-on-one outreach has resulted in a detailed roadmap to help our region navigate the human side of building a light rail route.

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

The Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement will focus on potentially significant changes to the project based on the identification of the METRO Blue Line Extension recommended route.

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

This is the first official step in moving the route recommendation into environmental work and advancing design where further in-depth engagement and review will continue as the project develops.

Comments on the report will be accepted through January 25, 2022 and will inform the final evaluation and route recommendation in spring 2022.

The extension will connect the cities of Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Robbinsdale, Golden Valley and Minneapolis to the existing Blue Line light rail route.

“It is time for this project to begin writing its next chapter. It is too important for the people served by this line to wait any longer,” he said.