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 The photo above shows the west end of SouthWest Station in Eden Prairie. Heavy construction activities at this site recently wrapped up, marking a major milestone for the Green Line Extension LRT Project. Once the Green Line Extension opens in 2027, the station will serve as a hub with expanded transit options for the surrounding community in partnership between SouthWest Transit and Metro Transit.
Eden Prairie Highlights
Ongoing:
- There are no major construction impacts expected in Eden Prairie for the remainder of 2023. Activities are confined to the rail corridor and near Southwest Station before winter.
Visit our website for more details and visuals of construction activities in Eden Prairie.
Minnetonka Highlights
Ongoing:
- K-Tel Drive/5th Street is closed to through traffic through early summer 2024 for road, utility, and rail work. Follow posted detour signage. See Hopkins detour maps.
Visit our website for more details and visuals of construction activities in Minnetonka.
Hopkins Highlights
Ongoing:
- K-Tel Drive/5th Street is closed to through traffic through early summer 2024 for road, utility, and rail work. Follow posted detour signage. See Hopkins detour maps.
- The west sidewalk on Blake Road remains closed at the rail crossing. Use the sidewalk on the east side of Blake Road.
- The northeast and southwest sidewalks at Excelsior Boulevard and Jackson Avenue/Milwaukee Street remain closed through the winter.
Visit our website for more details and visuals of construction activities in Hopkins.
St. Louis Park Highlights
- The sidewalks on Wooddale Avenue at the rail crossing have reopened.
Ongoing:
- The east sidewalk on Louisiana Avenue north of Oxford Avenue will remain closed through the winter.
Visit our website for more details and visuals of construction activities in St. Louis Park.
Minneapolis Highlights
Upcoming:
- The Glenwood Avenue bridge is anticipated to reopen to motorized traffic the week of December 11.
- The north sidewalk on Holden Street North has reopened. The south sidewalk will remain closed through the winter.
Ongoing:
- LRT tunnel construction continues primarily with activities including excavation, cutting of metal sheets, and concrete placement as weather permits. Truck transport and maintenance work on the freight rail tracks may cause noticeable noise and some occasional vibration to nearby residents.
- There will continue to be significant construction work at the tunnel throughout the winter months. Pumps and generators will run overnight periodically in various parts of the construction corridor, especially at the Kenilworth LRT tunnel site. Pumps are used to manage water, and generators are used to power the pumps as well as to power equipment that keeps pipes or other elements warm during freezing temperatures.
- The sidewalk on the west side of Penn Avenue South across the I-394 bridge will remain closed through winter.
Visit our website for more details and visuals of construction activities in Minneapolis.
- Trails within the Opus area have reopened. There will be periodic short-term closures in the future for any additional work needed.
- The Minnesota River Bluffs Trail between Shady Oak Road and 11th Avenue in Hopkins is anticipated to reopen in 2024.
- The Minnesota River Bluffs Trail between 11th Avenue and Excelsior Boulevard in Hopkins is open.
- The segment of the South Cedar Lake LRT Trail between Excelsior Boulevard in Hopkins and Blake Road remains closed and is anticipated to reopen in 2024.
- South Cedar Lake LRT Trail from Blake Road to Beltline Boulevard is open. There will be periodic short-term closures in the future for any additional work needed.
- The South Cedar Lake LRT Trail between Beltline Boulevard and France Avenue in St. Louis Park remains closed and is anticipated to reopen later this month.
- South Cedar Lake Trail users between France Avenue and the Midtown Greenway may experience brief delays to accommodate adjacent construction. The trail will remain open and flaggers may be present.
- The Kenilworth Trail from the Midtown Greenway to West 21st Station is closed for tunnel construction and is anticipated to reopen in 2025. See Green Line Extension trail detours map.
- The Luce Line Regional Trail bridge that crosses the freight rail corridor at Bryn Mawr Meadows Park is closed. A new bridge is being reconstructed to connect the new Bassett Creek Valley Station with the Park and is scheduled to reopen in 2025.
- The North Cedar Lake Trail east of Van White Memorial Boulevard is anticipated to reopen in 2025.
Project staff share the community’s desire to see the trails reopen as soon as possible. The project office will continue to work with the contractor to improve on these opening dates.
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