Metro Green Line Extension Construction Staging Along the Kenilworth Corridor

Southwest LRT construction site along Kenilworth Trail in Minneapolis with excavated earth and railroad tracks.
Southwest LRT construction site along Kenilworth Trail in Minneapolis with excavated earth and railroad tracks.

The Kenilworth Corridor carries freight rail, the Kenilworth bike and walking trail, and now the Southwest Light Rail Transit extension through a narrow strip of land between the Chain of Lakes and the Cedar Isles neighborhoods. The Metropolitan Council's Southwest LRT project, known as the Green Line Extension, runs nearly 14.5 miles from Minneapolis to Eden Prairie and adds 16 new stations. The trail recently cleared and being used for construction staging.

Photo taken in July 2020.

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