Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF1377

Appropriating money to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for final design
costs and right-of-way acquisition for commuter rail in the Northstar corridor
linking downtown Minneapolis and the St. Cloud area, for a grant to the Rush
Line corridor joint powers board to implement potential transit improvements in
the Rush Line corridor linking St. Paul and Hinckley, to the Dakota county
regional rail authority for environmental studies and preliminary engineering in
the Cedar avenue corridor to link certain transit corridors with Dakota county
and for preliminary engineering and environmental analysis activities for a
certain section of the Midwest regional rail corridor; appropriating money to
the commissioner and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for the
implementation of commuter rail in the Northstar corridor, for engineering and
implementation of an intermodal connection in downtown Minneapolis between the
Northstar corridor commuter rail and the Hiawatha corridor light rail transit
(LRT), for a grant to the Red Rock corridor commission joint powers board for
environmental and engineering studies of commuter rail linking downtown
Minneapolis, downtown St. Paul and Hastings and for environmental studies,
preliminary engineering and implementation of major transit improvements in the
Central corridor linking downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul(je)