The Metropolitan Council Minnesota, doing business as Metro Transit & MTS, was awarded a $30,552,442 Project Grant from the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants program (CFDA 20.500) on August 18, 2021. The funding will support sitework-related expenses for the Southwest Light Rail Transit Extension Project, which is constructing 14.5 miles of double track and 16 stations to extend the Metro Green Line in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region of Minnesota. Specifically, the American Rescue Plan Act funding will supplant $30.5M in local share funds for sitework and special conditions under the civil construction contract scope. The project aims to provide improved transit connectivity between major activity centers for the benefit of regional communities.
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