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Resolution of support for Metro Transit's recommendation to advance the METRO J Line and METRO K Line and adopt both lines into the Metropolitan Council's 2050 Transportation Policy Plan
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WHEREAS:
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WHEREAS, Metro Transit has prepared a study to update its Arterial Bus Rapid Transit (ABRT) Plan and to identify METRO J Line, METRO K Line, and METRO L Line; and
WHEREAS, Metro Transit has recommended designation of the West 7th Street Corridor for the METRO J Line and the Nicollet Avenue Corridor for the METRO K Line; and
WHEREAS, transit priority improvements will be evaluated along each of the project routes to ensure a fast and reliable transit system; and
WHEREAS, Metropolitan Council is in the process of amending its 2050 Transportation Policy Plan to add the METRO J Line and METRO K Line; and
WHEREAS, Hennepin County requests Metro Transit continue exploring transit improvements for the following transit priority corridors that were not advanced as the METRO J Line, METRO K Line, or METRO L Line:
* County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 153 (Lowry Avenue) from Robbinsdale Transit Center to Roseville Transit Center; and
* CSAH 103 (85th Avenue North) from Elm Creek Boulevard/Interstate 94 to State Highway 252/W River Road
* CSAH 22 (Lyndale Avenue) part of the current METRO local bus route 4
WHEREAS, Metro Transit has requested a Hennepin County resolution of support for advancement of the METRO J Line and METRO K Line, and for adoption of these lines into the Metropolitan Council's 2050 Transportation Policy Plan.
Resolution:
BE IT RESOLVED, that Hennepin County supports Metro Transit's recommendation to advance the METRO J and METRO K Arterial Bus Rapid Transit lines for adoption into the Metropolitan Council's 2050 Transportation Policy Plan; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution of support for the METRO J Line and METRO K Line by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners does not imply a funding comm...
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