The Metropolitan Council and Hennepin County have signed off on a grant agreement that will provide $75.3 million in additional county money for the Metro Blue Line Extension project, according to ...

The bulk of the money is committed to current and future light rail and commuter rail lines. Hennepin County, for example, pays half the operating costs of the Green and Blue lines and provides ...

“We are frustrated and disappointed with this outcome,” said a news release sent jointly by the Metropolitan Council and Hennepin County. BNSF spokesman Courtney Wallace said that the Blue ...

The line was slated to link downtown Minneapolis ... all options to force BNSF into an agreement with the council and Hennepin County. "It's not time to move on," Harris said.

Tapping CURA will better Hennepin County's ability to weigh residents' concerns and consider "some of the historic harms that have occurred" with transit development, Commissioner Irene Fernando said.

MINNEAPOLIS — Hennepin County taxpayers will pick up a larger tab for the Southwest Light Rail line than originally expected, due to cost overruns in the largest public works project in state ...

Hennepin County commissioners voted 6 to 1 on Thursday ... money to Southwest Light Rail which would extend the Green Line 14.5 miles to Eden Prairie. Earlier this year, managers of the project ...