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Yw , • INFORMATION - = ____ ONLY ,_ _ ,..-. • .•. ,.-_ _ . Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority A Newsletter about Light Rail Transit in Ramsey County Issue 8 •August 1990 RIM LRT ENGINEERING FOR MIDWAY CORRIDOR MOVES AHEAD The Midway Corridor, Downtown • IN THE MIDWAY CORRIDOR: and Raymond Avenue St. Paul and the Capitol Area were rather than on the the center of attention at the June 26 - 1-94: LRT in the median Transitway or in an area Ramsey County Regional Railroad instead of the north north of the Transitway; Authority meeting.According to frontage road. and LRT along Pierce Chairman John T. Finley, "A Butler Route rather than significant step in the preparation of - UNIVERSITY AVENUE: Energy Park Drive the Midway Corridor Light Rail LRT in the middle of between Raymond Transit Environmental Impact University Avenue with Avenue and Lexington Statement was accomplished when vehicle crossings every Avenue. IlkRamsey County Regional quarter mile and ilroad Authority(RCRRA) pedestrian crossings Task forces with citizen and identified the surface alignments to every one-eighth mile business representation provided study further in downtown St. Paul instead of less frequent recommendations on eliminating and the Capitol Area and narrowed vehicle and pedestrian options and focusing more detailed the focus for detailed study on the crossings. analysis on a single option within three Midway alignments: 1-94, each of the three Midway University Avenue and Burlington - BN/PIERCE BUTLER alignments. Northern (BN)/Pierce Butler Route. ROUTE: LRT adjacent to Community recommendations were the University of an important consideration in the Minnesota Transitway (Continued on page 2) RCRRA decisions." between Fourth Street • Locations to be examined in more detail as engineering studies } 03 progress include: _ jH c Cl) • IN DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL: 1pIS. }, 28o, St. Paul Two-way LRT on a transit mall }______JC- v on Cedar Street and Fourth Street. LRT would operate on } BN R.R./Pierce Butler Rt.ICC lig both of these streets. CI) • IN THE CAPITOL AREA: LRT on 12th Street, Th6 :111.11.1rUniversity Ave. • University Avenue/Jackson } . Street, Street, Columbus Avenue, "M=., 10th Street, 11th Street, Rice 1 Soo Line/1-94 Street and Marion Street and 1 connections to downtown St. ( i wntown St. Paul cos-' Paul and the Midway Corridor. Alternative locations for LRT in the Midway Corridor are Soo Line/I-94, University Avenue and BN/Pierce Butler Route.