Minneapolis — The Metropolitan Council and other local agencies finally have the news they have been seeking: The Federal Transit Administration has sent to Congress the grant agreement for the Central Corridor light rail project.

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By Bill Clements Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — The Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities region has agreed to buy the former Bremer Bank building in downtown St. Paul for $2.65 million so the building can be demolished, making way ...

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By Bill Clements Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — After more than a year of negotiations, the Metropolitan Council and the University of Minnesota announced they have agreed on a plan to protect university research facilities from the light rail trains ...

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By Bill Clements Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — The Metropolitan Council has voted to use eminent domain to take nearly seven acres of a former plant near downtown St. Paul and convert the site into a maintenance facility for the ...

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By Bill Clements Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — The Metropolitan Council has awarded the first major heavy construction contract for the Central Corridor Light Rail line — a $205 million contract for the eastern or St. Paul portion of the ...

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By Scott Carlson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — A stone’s throw from the Hi-Lake Shopping Center it developed in Minneapolis, Wellington Management Inc. has preliminary plans to break ground next spring on a mixed-use project that calls for about 55 ...

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By Bill Clements Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Negotiators from the University of Minnesota and the Metropolitan Council have reached tentative agreement on several sticky issues that will allow the Central Corridor light rail transit project to proceed “on time ...

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By Patrick Condon AP Writer St. Paul, Minn. — When the Rev. George Davis learned the government was coming to take his family’s home to make room for a shiny new interstate, he told his loved ones he’d defend 304 ...

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St. Paul, MN — The University of Minnesota’s lawsuit over the Central Corridor light rail project could delay construction and add $30 million to the cost, according to Metropolitan Council Chair Peter Bell. The university filed a lawsuit this week ...

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Brian Johnson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Seeking relief from what it calls “adverse effects of the Central Corridor light rail line,” the University of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Council, which is overseeing the $941 million ...

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