A commuter rail line between downtown St. Paul and Hastings could be up and running by 2018 Washington County transportation planners said last week, the first time officials have affixed such an early date to the project. The assessment is “optimistic,” county planner Andy Gitzlaff conceded, and is dependent on a number of factors, including which high-speed rail route the state chooses and how successful local advocates are in placing the Red Rock commuter rail route next in the construction queue. Read More…

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