Twin Cities Approves Blueprint 2030

The Metropolitan Council has adopted a new 30-year plan for metro-area growth, despite objections from the Governor-elect. [Link corrected.]

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December 22, 2002, 7:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen


"The plan seeks to save farmland and natural resources by concentrating new development in higher-density population centers linked by transportation corridors, including light rail, commuter rail and busways. It's intended to stop the metro area from creeping outward in all directions and in some cases leapfrogging to small towns on the periphery." [ Link corrected - Thanks to Farley Peters. ]

Thanks to Governing Magazine

Saturday, December 21, 2002 in Star Tribune

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