Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) released the following statement today after Metropolitan Council Chair Adam Duininck and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board President Liz Wielinski announced an agreement on Southwest Light Rail Transit.
"I want to congratulate Chair Duininck and President Wielinski on reaching today's agreement. I am glad that a framework will be in place to facilitate ongoing collaboration and that the critical Southwest Light Rail project will advance. Compromise is never easy, but I applaud the efforts on both sides to come together and I urge the Minneapolis Park Board and Metropolitan Council to approve this fair agreement."