What does $70 million buy?

State Sen. D. Scott Dibble responds: The $70 million in this year's bonding bill is to "continue to keep the Federal Government engaged in moving forward on our studies."
In 2001, the University of Minnesota Board of Regents recommended a northern alignment through Dinkytown for the Central Corridor light-rail line. 7 years later, a preliminary study of the University's preferred route has finally begun.
At the rate that this project is moving with its studies, no public transit improvement is going happen any time soon. Rather, as public transit funds continue to get eaten up buy road construction projects, service will continue to decline and fares will continue to increase.

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