Sorry I’m a bit late with the TPW Committee this cycle. Actually it’s a good thing, because they had a special meeting on Thursday the 12th that I’ll cover below. As always, if you’re curious, see the rest of this year’s summaries here. The big news in this TPW Committee is that Minneapolis is continuing [...]

3/20/12 Minneapolis Transportation & Public Works Committee
The Transportation & Public Works Committee of the Minneapolis City Council discusses a lot of interesting stuff but seems to either use too many or not enough words to describe what they’re talking about. Here is an attempt to add some context to the dry but vital meeting topics. I’ve been summarizing them here at [...]

2/28/12 Minneapolis Transportation & Public Works Committee
The Transportation & Public Works Committee of the Minneapolis City Council is a not-very-interesting meeting where a lot of interesting stuff is talked about. Here is an attempt to add some context to the dry but vital meeting topics. I’ve been summarizing them here at streets.mn since the beginning of the year; here’s a list [...]

2/14/12 Minneapolis Transportation & Public Works Committee
If you need an intro, please see the last three summaries. 1-4. Street Resurfacing in Linden Hills and Ventura Village, plus three blocks of 1st St S This meeting contained public hearings on street resurfacings reported here earlier. The owners of 25 properties on or near Linden Hills Blvd will be removed from the assessment [...]
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