House Committee Tours Depot
The House Capital Investment Committee, chaired by Rep. Alice Hausman, and 100 local elected officials, business representatives and community members attended a tour, dinner and presentation at Minnesota's Union Depot on Jan. 30. Ramsey County commissioners Jim McDonough and Victoria Reinhardt (above) made presentations on the county's requests for state funding for the Union Depot, Central Corridor LRT and Rush Line Corridor projects. Washington and Dakota county representatives also made presentations on their transit projects. Ramsey County is asking the state Legislature for $9 million in 2008 to complete the required match for $50 million in federal funding already received for purchase and renovation of the Union Depot concourse into a multi-modal transit hub to serve the entire region. The Rush Line Corridor Task Force, chaired by Commissioner Reinhardt, is also asking the state for startup funding in 2008 for commuter coach service between the North Branch area and downtown St. Paul.
