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METRO Green Line Extension Construction Update: October 17, 2025
Featured Video: Light Rail Testing Has Begun!
This past summer the Green Line Extension entered the final major stage of project development: the testing phase. As highlighted in the project’s latest
video, with the recent completion of final track installation, light rail vehicles (or test trains) were pulled from Target Field Station in Minneapolis to SouthWest Station in Eden Prairie this week. This marks the first time light rail vehicles have operated on track within the 14.5-mile corridor.
For additional information and resources visit GreenLineExt.org and view “Latest Project News.”
Construction Highlights
Updates by city
Minneapolis
General Note on Minneapolis after-hours construction activities:
The contractor will continue to schedule work that extends into evenings and weekends in Minneapolis. Work scheduled outside of normal working hours is time-sensitive – either on a critical path to reopening a road, trail, or sidewalk, or work that occurs within proximity to freight rail track but must be performed outside of freight rail operations windows. Community members can expect targeted after-hours work throughout the corridor in 2025. We will work to update community members on anticipated activities.
Upcoming:
- Weekend work: Work is expected to occur in the rail corridor and adjacent work sites between West Lake Street and Royalston Avenue/Farmers Market stations for activities such as those listed below. Weekend work has been authorized by the City of Minneapolis between the hours of 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM unless otherwise noted. Crews may be onsite and preparing for work activities before start times. After-hours work for Saturday, October 18 is as follows:
- Royalston Avenue, Border Avenue, Holden Street N loop: soil grading
- Bassett Creek Valley and Bryn Mawr Station Areas: soil grading for trails and stormwater pond construction
- Penn Avenue S from South Wayzata Boulevard to Mount View Avenue: soil grading
- Bryn Mawr Station to West 21st Street Station Areas: concrete work, soil grading for trails
- Cedar Lake Channel to Lake Street: soil grading for trails, curb, and sidewalk
- West Lake Street Station area: soil grading for trails and station plaza
- Abbott Avenue S, West 31st Street, Chowen Avenue S, West 32nd Street, and Excelsior Boulevard loop: soil grading for sidewalk and curb
- Northbound Penn Avenue will be closed at I-394 during the hours of 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM starting mid-October to construct new accessible pedestrian ramps. Traffic will be detoured onto South Wayzata Boulevard. Detour information is on the detour maps page.
- A closure of the Cedar Lake Regional Trail segment between Royalston Avenue and Azine Alley (just west of West River Parkway) is anticipated to start October 22nd and extend into November. The purpose of this closure is to complete work in the area beneath Royalston Avenue bridge including grading, fencing, and installation of safety bollards. Detour information is on the detour maps page.
Ongoing:
- Expect periodic lane closures on 7th Street North and 6th Street North near Target Field for sidewalk work.
- Expect lane closures in both eastbound and westbound directions on 7th Street North at Lyndale Avenue for median work.
- Roadway and utility work continues in the Royalston Avenue/Farmers Market Station area:
- Royalston Avenue is closed between Glenwood Avenue and Holden Street.
- Vehicle traffic is limited to a single lane southbound on Border Avenue from Olson Memorial Highway to Holden Street North; eastbound on Holden Street North from Border Avenue to Royalston Avenue; and northbound on Royalston Avenue.
- There is no parking on Border Avenue, Holden Street, and Royalston Avenue during construction. Construction activities are anticipated to extend through the fall. Access to local businesses is being maintained throughout construction. Detour information is on the detour maps page.
- West 21st Street at the rail crossing is in a single-lane configuration for concrete work. This condition will be in place through the fall. Oncoming traffic takes turns crossing the railroad tracks.
- Areas near West Lake Street Station:
- The outside westbound lane and the north sidewalk on Excelsior Boulevard between Market Plaza and West 32nd Street are closed into the fall for new sidewalk and accessible pedestrian ramp construction. Local access for businesses and residents is being maintained throughout construction. Pedestrian detour information is on the detour maps page.
- The Abbott Avenue/West 31st Street/Chowen Avenue/ West 32nd Street loop near West Lake Street Station is open in a one-way condition through the fall. Parking restrictions and sidewalk closures are effective on these roadways through fall.
- Parking restrictions are in place through fall on West 32nd Street for utility, road and sidewalk work.
St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie Highlights
Upcoming:
- Expect up to a two-day lane closure of Beltline Boulevard at the freight and LRT tracks for freight rail maintenance starting mid-October. Southbound will be maintained. Note that the northbound lanes are currently closed. See Work By Others section below for details.
- Expect up to a two-day full roadway closure of Wooddale Avenue between Highway 7 and West 36th Street for freight rail maintenance starting mid-October.
- The sidewalk on the south side of Valley View Road between Highway 212 and Flying Cloud Drive is closed through the next week. Please follow detour signage.
- As part of the Green Line Extension project, the Rowland Road Freight Rail Bridge in Minnetonka requires rehabilitation that includes pier, drainage, and slope paving modifications. A small section of Rowland Road has been converted into a single lane traffic pattern through the Rowland Road Bridge area. Roadway lane restrictions are anticipated through the end of the year.
- Light rail track maintenance activities are expected to occur in various locations throughout the rail corridor in Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, and Hopkins on weekends.
- Minor construction activities continue to occur throughout St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka, and Eden Prairie. These activities are mostly confined to the rail corridor and station sites.
Work By Others
In Minneapolis:
- In Minneapolis: MnDOT is performing work on bridges and other adjacent facilities along I-394 and I-94. This work is expected to continue in various stages throughout 2025 and 2026 in the vicinity of Bryn Mawr and Bassett Creek Valley Stations. Visit MnDOT’s project page for more details: dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/i94-i394minneapolis/
In St. Louis Park:
Trail Highlights
Upcoming
- A closure of the Cedar Lake Regional Trail segment between Royalston Avenue and Azine Alley (just west of West River Parkway) is anticipated to start October 22nd and extend into November. The purpose of this closure is to complete work in the area beneath Royalston Avenue bridge including grading, fencing, and installation of safety bollards. Detour information is on the detour maps page.
- Pier protection work under the I-394 bridge near Van White Boulevard is anticipated to begin late next week and extend into November.
Ongoing
- The segment of the Cedar Lake Trail east of Van White Memorial Boulevard remains closed and is anticipated to reopen in late 2025.
- Cedar Lake Trail from Bryn Mawr Station to Van White Memorial Boulevard is open.
- The Kenilworth Trail from the Midtown Greenway to Bryn Mawr Station in Minneapolis remains closed and is anticipated to reopen in late 2025.
Project staff share the community’s desire to see the trails reopen as soon as possible. The project office will continue to work with the contractor to improve on these opening dates.