Transportation News & Events

The FFGA provides nearly $1 billion in federal funds as a match to more than $1 billion of local funding and clears the way for the completion of Minnesota’s largest ever public works project.

The Metro Transit Technician Training Program puts job seekers on a path to a good-paying job with a paid internship, job and skills training, and support for an educational degree.

The FFGA will cover nearly half the cost of implementation. The $2.003 billion project will be the largest infrastructure project in the state’s history, creating nearly 7,500 jobs.

Hennepin County and the Met Council feel it is time to work with agency and community partners to explore opportunities to advance this critical project without using BNSF Railway right of way.

Our job remains to look to the future and plan for how the regional transit system recovers and grows.

When it opens late next year, the METRO Orange Line bus rapid transit will provide frequent, all-day service between Minneapolis, Richfield, Bloomington, and Burnsville along I-35W.

Data is from nearly 8,000 households, over a year’s time and across 19 counties — the seven-county metro area and 12 neighboring Minnesota and Wisconsin counties.

Contractors and staff recognized an opportunity to support local food shelves in delivering food to those most in need.