![]() ![]() “We raised questions about all these problem areas. Hornstein is a supporter of the project who frames himself as disappointed in its current state. Frank Hornstein (DFL-Minneapolis), who chairs the state House Transportation Committee. At the time, the project was expected to be delayed by at least two years into late 2025, say individuals on that call, including state Rep. But the agency insists even today that it cannot estimate the magnitude of delay nor additional cost.īut in midwinter, in a private call with government stakeholders, the Met Council did offer some specificity, TCB has learned. Complexities with water, underground debris, and construction methods seem poised to push the line’s opening deep into 2025 or 2026.Įver since word started to leak out last fall that the Kenilworth tunnel construction was stuck in a sloppy mess of water and boulders, contractors and Met Council officials have known the line could not meet its opening estimates, and that tunnel costs could blow through the project’s contingency fund. It is hard by miniscule Depot Street, another reminder that the Kenilworth corridor has long been a transitway for trains.īut what’s happening between Park Siding and Depot Street today is construction of a half-mile tunnel that will carry the Metropolitan Council’s Southwest LRT project through a pinch point in its 15-mile path from downtown to Eden Prairie. Park Siding Park is named for a railroad siding that once occupied a tiny triangle of land in the shadow of former grain elevators turned into condos. Water gushing through pipes, water being sucked into other pipes, reminiscent of the sounds in a dentist’s office. There, the sounds of water are everywhere. If you want to understand why Southwest Light Rail is likely delayed several years beyond its last anticipated opening date, make a visit to Park Siding, an obscure park on the extreme western edge of south Minneapolis.
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