4 open houses this week preview Red Rock commuter rail line

4 open houses this week preview Red Rock commuter rail line

Four stations are planned for the 30-mile Red Rock commuter rail line from Hastings to St. Paul and Minneapolis, and beginning tonight, the public will have a chance to learn more about those plans in a series of four open houses.

The stations are tentatively slated for downtown Hastings, one of two potential sites in Cottage Grove, the former Knox Lumber site in Newport and Lower Afton Road in St. Paul.

“We want to find out what the community thinks about things we’re doing right or things we’re doing wrong,” said Andy Gitzlaff, Red Rock project manager and transportation planner for Washington County. Read more