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Redirecting SWLRT Federal Funding
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February 20, 2017
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15:34Now PlayingRepublican lawmakers called a press conference Monday, February 20, to promote a resolution requesting that a $929 million dollar federal grant for Southwest Light Rail Transit be used instead to fund statewide transportation projects. Senator David Osmek, R-Mound, and Representative Linda Runbeck, R-Circle Pines, are sponsoring bills that would ask the US Secretary of Transportation to issue the federal funds in a block grant, which would be used for roads and bridges at the state’s discretion.
The Southwest Light Rail line would be the third transit corridor in the Twin Cities, connecting Minneapolis to the southwestern suburbs. Southwest Light Rail transit funding was a significant factor in the unraveling of the 2016 legislative session and a roadblock in ensuing special session talks. GOP lawmakers argue that the two billion dollar project does not have legislative approval and that the Met Council willfully skirted voters and the legislature.
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