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METRO Gold Line Environmental Assessment and Decision Documents
View environmental decision documents on the METRO Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit Environmental Assessment
Metropolitan Council - March 26, 2020
Metropolitan Council - Findings of Fact and Conclusions
(1.93 MB)
Federal Highway Administration - March 5, 2020
Federal Highway Administration - Finding of No Significant Impact
(29.7 MB)
Federal Transit Administration - January 17, 2020
Federal Transit Administration - Finding of No Significant Impact
(16.9 MB)
View the METRO Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit Environmental Assessment
Environmental Assessment - October 7, 2019
METRO Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit - Environmental Assessment
(2.3 MB)
Appendix A - Technical Reports
Purpose and Need
(3.8 MB)
Alternatives
(14.6 MB)
Transportation Resources
(20.4 MB)
Community and Social Resources
(19.3 MB)
Physical and Environmental Resources
(16.8 MB)
Cultural Resources
(1.9 MB)
Indirect Effects and Cumulative Impacts
(0.8 MB)
Final Section 4(f) and 6(f) Evaluation
(25.0 MB)
Financial Analysis
(0.9 MB)
Public and Agency Coordination
(1.3 MB)
Appendix B
15% Concept Plans
(22.5 MB)
Appendix C - Section 106 Documentation
File 1 of 2 - Section 106 Programmatic Agreement - Draft
(16.8 MB)
File 2 of 2 - Section 106 Documentation
(27.6 MB)
Appendix D
Coordination and Correspondence
(21.8 MB)
Appendix E
Sources and References Cited
(0.7 MB)
Appendix F
Environmental Assessment Worksheet
(4.8 MB)
A hard copy of the environmental assessment was available for viewing during the public comment period at the following locations:
George Latimer Central Library - 90 West 4th Street, downtown Saint Paul
Dayton's Bluff Library - 645 East 7th Street, Saint Paul
Sun Ray Library - 2105 Wilson Avenue, Saint Paul
Maplewood Library - 3025 Southlawn Drive, Maplewood
Landfall City Hall - One 4th Avenue, Landfall
Oakdale Library - 1010 Heron Avenue N, Oakdale
R.H. Stafford Library - 8595 Central Park Place, Woodbury
Gold Line Project Office - 121 7th Place East, Suite 102, downtown Saint Paul