The Saint Paul Condo Blog

It seems like that within the last few weeks, my opinion of light rail has really changed dramatically, and I am wondering why we even need it in the first place.  Couldn't the exact same thing be accomplished by buses at a significantly reduced cost?

I also have major concerns about the proposed maintenance facility they want to locate across the street from the Farmers Market.  Have the people that are proposing this change ever been in Lowertown before?  Closing 4th Street would be disastrous in my opinion and ruin Lowertown beyond repair.  The Diamond Properties building was always promised as a residential/commercial expansion of Lowertown, framed to the West by the Farmers Market.

I can not think of a worse use of the site than a maintenance facility for the light rail trains.  Well maybe I can, but I won't type them here, in fear of our elected officials using it as possible ideas.

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