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Metropolitan Council seeks state match for H Line, inflow-and-infiltration grants and regional parks funding
Summary
Metropolitan Council Chair Charlie Zelle told the Capital Investment Committee the governor recommends $15 million as local match for the H Line arterial bus rapid transit, $4.6 million for inflow-and-infiltration grants and $2.3 million for regional parks and trails.
Charlie Zelle, chair of the Metropolitan Council, told the Capital Investment Committee on Feb. 25 that the governor's recommendation for the Met Council's capital requests includes $15 million for busway capital (to support the H Line), about $4.6 million for inflow-and-infiltration (I&I) grants that help municipalities repair leaky sanitary systems, and $2.3 million for regional parks and trails.
Zelle said the H Line is an east–west arterial bus rapid transit project planned along Como Avenue and Maryland Avenue, connecting Minneapolis to a hub east of St. Paul and intersecting a dozen other transitways. He described $15 million as the local funding needed to position the H Line…
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