Hennepin County Takes On Full Funding for SWLRT

The Minnesota legislature refused to fund Southwest Light Rail Transit. SWLRT is the most expensive public works project ever proposed in our state at a constantly escalating price of $2.2-plus-billion. While the state legislature did not approve SWLRT funding, every other light-rail project has been supported by Democrats and Republicans. By Susu Jeffrey  August 2, More

Susu Jeffrey | DEWATERING the CHAIN of LAKES: Can Calhoun Recover?

Jeffrey: The long-planned but constantly morphing SWLRT, with a "shallow" tunnel in the Chain of Lakes corridor, is the priciest public works project ever proposed in Minnesota. According to Met Council studies the cut-and-cover tunnel plan would dewater about 24,000 gallons of groundwater per day between Cedar, Lake of the Isles and Calhoun. Now a new plan for a "push through" tunnel is being researched but the Environmental Impact Statement is incomplete.

Susu Jeffrey: Southwest LRT Threatens the City of Lakes

Attention Friends of the Environment and Sane Public Spending The Minneapolis City Council votes on "municipal consent" of the $1.7-billion Southwest LRT on Friday, August 29, 2014, 9:30 am, City Hall room 317. "The current SWLRT includes no mention of equity," Insight News. 24,000 gallons per day dewatering between Cedar Lake, Isles & Calhoun Where’s the More

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