Public Hearing 9/17

Make your voice heard to protect the Greenway, and promote good transit too!

Plans for the proposed LRT alignment through the Greenway to Nicollet Avenue would block the bike trail in the Greenway, requiring bikers, joggers and walkers to come up out of the Greenway, cross Nicollet Avenue, and return.  Also, 60% to 80% of the south bank of the Greenway would be replaced by a high concrete barrier wall from Uptown to Nicollet Avenue.

The LRT would preclude a streetcar in the Greenway that would serve all of the Greenway/Lake St. neighborhoods, not just the western side.  The combination the Midtown Greenway streetcar plus LRT in the Kenilworth corridor (the “Network Alignment”) would serve more Minneapolis residents, employment, business nodes, neighborhoods, and transit-oriented development than the Greenway/Nicollet LRT.  What’s more, the Greenway LRT would cost $500 to $600 million more than an LRT route going through Kenilworth.

Please come to a public hearing to let public officials know what you think about this.  It is a great opportunity to help the Greenway.

Public Hearing on Southwest LRT
September 17, 2009 (6:30 pm – 8:30 pm)
(PAC Meeting)
Hosted by the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority
on behalf of the Southwest Policy Advisory CommitteeEisenhower Community Center Theater
1001 Highway 7 Hopkins, MN 55305 map

Learn  more about the two LRT options and a streetcar in the Greenway at southwestlrt.wordpress.com or www.midtowngreenway.org

There is a 1-page summary of key facts related to Southwest LRT at http://southwestlrt.wordpress.com/one-page-summary-of-position/

SW LRT through the Greenway would be the middle alignment above. The Midtown Greenway Coalition endorses the Network Alignment (right above: Kenilworth LRT + Greenway streetcar), which provides a better transit system, costs less, & protects the Greenway.