University of Minnesota played host to the Central Management Committee
On Oct. 10, members of the Central Corridor Management Committee received an up-close look at the route that light rail transit would take through campus. The Committee met briefly in the Regent’s Room at the McNamara Alumni Center and then boarded a bus for a tour that followed the proposed LRT route past TCF Bank Stadium, down Washington Avenue and across to the West Bank. The most informative part of the tour may have come when Committee members got off the bus in front of Coffman Union and experienced first-hand the heavy congestion on Washington Avenue during the class break.
The Central Corridor Management Committee is a 13-member panel comprised of representatives of all the project partners including Vice President Kathleen O’Brien. The Committee will provide advice to the Metropolitan Council during the design and construction of the Central Corridor LRT line – including a recommendation of whether LRT should be in a tunnel or at-grade on Washington Avenue.