Metro Transit will host an additional Orange Line public open house on Wednesday, June 15th from 4 pm to 6 pm at the Burnsville Transit Station, 100 E. Highway 13, Burnsville, MN 55337. The transit station is on the northeast corner of Highway 13 and Nicollet Avenue and is accessible by bus routes 421, 426, 444, 460 and 465. 

The meeting will focus on:

• Planned route and station improvements;
• Station design concepts;
• Traffic impacts;
• Area of study for historic and cultural resources;
• Service improvements;
• Environmental justice and social impacts; and 
• Impacts on the built environment.

Please contact Max Holdhusen if you have any questions at 612-349-7409 or max.holdhusen@metrotransit.org.

Public comments on the Draft Environmental Benefits & Impacts Document are now being collected along the corridor. Comments can be given in person at the Burnsville meeting, by email, or mailed. Comments will be accepted through Friday, July 1, 2016. All comments will be compiled and shared with the public at the end of the comment period.

Written comments can be sent to max.holdhusen@metrotransit.org or in the mail to Max Holdhusen, Metro Transit, 560 6th Ave N., Minneapolis, MN 55411.

Check out these two recent articles on the METRO Orange Line: 

• Orange Line Bus Transit is on The Way
• City Council gives green light to proposed I-35W improvements