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Metropolitan Council outlines $21.9M in governor recommendations for transit, wastewater and parks
Summary
Charlie Zelle, chair of the Metropolitan Council, told the Capital Investment Committee the governor recommended three capital items: $15 million for busway capital (to support the H Line), $4.6 million for wastewater 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 the governor recommended three capital items for the Met Council: a $15,000,000 busway capital program contribution, $4,600,000 for inflow and infiltration (I&I) grants for municipal wastewater systems, and $2,300,000 for regional parks and trails.
Zelle framed the $15 million as a key local match to secure federal Small Starts funding for the H Line, an arterial bus rapid transit (ABRT) corridor running roughly 17 miles from Minneapolis through St. Paul to Sunray Shopping Center. "We have already $60,000,000 secured, 25,000,000 of that is federal funds through our regional solicitation," Zelle said, and Met Council staff described the H Line project total in the presentation as requiring roughly $120 million…
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