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METRO Green Line Extension Construction Update: August 8, 2025

Featured Photo: The View from the Burnham Road Bridge in Minneapolis


The area around Burnham Road Bridge in Minneapolis has seen a significant amount of change over the past few months. The photos above show the progress that has been made to install LRT track between the Cedar Lake Channel and West 21st Street Station. Also shown are stormwater management ponds that have been constructed as well as grading for the long-awaited reestablishment of the Kenilworth Trail, which is anticipated to reopen by the end of 2025. Landscaping and testing activities will take place in this area in 2026 as we march forward to a 2027 commencement of revenue operations.
 

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.
 

Royalston Avenue to Bryn Mawr Station

Upcoming:

  • Weekend work: Work is expected to occur over the next two weekends  in the rail corridor and adjacent work sites between West Lake Street and Bassett Creek Valley Stations for the 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.

  • Bryn Mawr Station area: soil grading
  • Penn Avenue (north of I-394): sidewalk and curb grading and installation
Expect lane closures on 7th Street North and 6th Street North near Target Field starting in late August for sidewalk work.
Expect lane closures in both eastbound and westbound directions on 7th Street North at Lyndale Avenue starting late August for median work.

Ongoing:

  • Roadway and utility work continues in the Royalston Avenue/Farmers Market Station area:
    • 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.
    • 2nd Avenue North is open in a modified two-way condition that will continue into August. Fremont Avenue North between 2nd Avenue North and Glenwood Avenue remains in a northbound one-way condition.
  • A northbound outside lane closure on the Penn Avenue South I-394 bridge is in place for sidewalk, street lighting and accessible pedestrian ramp work. There is also a southbound inside lane closure on Penn Avenue just north of I-394 up to Mount View Avenue during this time

West 21st Street to West Lake Street

 

Upcoming:

  • Weekend work: Work is expected to occur over the next two weekends  in the rail corridor and adjacent work sites between West Lake Street and Bassett Creek Valley Stations for the 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.
    • Abbott and Chowen Avenues: soil grading, tree planting, concrete sidewalk work
    • West Lake Street Station and Kenilworth Tunnel west segment: LRT track delivery and installation, soil grading
    • West 21st Street at the railroad crossing will be in a single-lane configuration for concrete work starting late August. Oncoming traffic will take turns crossing the railroad tracks.

Ongoing:​​
  • Cedar Lake Parkway is closed to vehicle traffic to conduct work across the rail corridor into the fall. Access to Burnham Road from Cedar Lake Parkway is also closed. The purpose of the closure is to complete utility, sidewalk, trail and roadway work. Trail access will still be maintained in a temporary condition across the rail corridor. Detour information is on the detour maps page.
  • 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 through August 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 Chowen Avenue/West 31st Street/Abbott Avenue loop near West Lake Street Station is open in a one-way condition into 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:


Ongoing:
  • 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.
  • Hennepin County is reconstructing parts of Minnetonka Boulevard and County Road 25 west of the Green Line Extension project.

Trail Highlights

 

Trail Highlights

  
Ongoing
  • The segment of the Cedar Lake Regional Trail between Royalston Avenue and Azine Alley (just west of West River Parkway) is closed through this summer to complete work in the area beneath Royalston Avenue. Detour information is on the detour maps page.
  • 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.

 

METRO Green Line Extension

Green Line Extension Project Office
Park Place West Building, Suite 500
6465 Wayzata Boulevard
St. Louis Park, MN 55426

Construction hotline: 612-373-3933