True North

For those of you who always wondered “what if they could just swoop in and rip Washington Avenue out of the ground and toss it into space?”

We’re gonna find out!:

The University of Minnesota Board of Regents has approved a key agreement on the Central Corridor light rail project…The project includes $11 million for a transit and pedestrian mall on Washington Ave. The costs will be included in the budget submitted to the federal government.

I expect they’ll find people sitting in traffic around the East Bank so long they’ll actually form settlements up and down Huron Avenue.

Cross-posted and comments welcome at Shot In The Dark.