RED ROCK PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE CORRIDOR The Red Rock Corridor has seen population growth at a rate more than twice the state’s average. In the next 20 years, the southeast suburbs of the COMMISSION metropolitan area are projected to add more than 100,000 new residents. is a Joint Powers Commission of the following county rail PART OF A SYSTEM The Red Rock Corridor connects the southeastern suburbs with the entire authorities, corridor communities Twin Cities . Originating in Hastings, the corridor spans through and stakeholders: downtown St. Paul and on to downtown .

Dakota County With a stop at the Union Depot in St. Paul, the Red Rock Corridor will seamlessly connect with Metro Transit buses, taxis, intercity buses, Central Hennepin County Corridor LRT, high-speed passenger rail from Chicago, Amtrak’s Empire Ramsey County Builder and future connections to both the Gateway and Rush Line Corridors. At the Minneapolis Interchange Station, Red Rock will connect Washington County to buses, taxis, Southwest LRT, Hiawatha LRT, Northstar commuter rail and Goodhue County* other planned future transitways. Newport St. Paul Park Minneapolis Hastings CP Railway* 3-FOR-1 Cottage Grove INVESTMENT The proposed high-speed rail line St. Paul connecting the Twin Cities to Chicago Denmark Twp. will share tracks with the Red Rock Corridor. Improvements to track Red Wing* 1 FREIGHT capacity and safety upgrades, including Prairie Island Indian Community* 2 lights, crossing gates, and additional COMMUTER RAIL tracks for a 3-for-1 investment in the corridor. *Non-voting members 3 HIGH-SPEED RAIL

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Contact: Your Ticket Andy Gitzla! of Washington County 651-430-4338 or by e-mail to the Southeast Metro [email protected] Planning future stations. Strengthening local communities.

35E Hennipen 694 STATION PLANNING UPDATE County 35W The Red Rock Corridor Commission is leading a Station Area Planning Study to design station stops in Hastings, Cottage Grove, Ramsey Newport and St Paul that can serve buses in the near-term that will 94 Washington County County transition to commuter rail in the future. Designs for each station 694 and the surrounding area will be completed by the spring 2011. Local communities will make $nal land use decisions regarding future residential and commercial development surrounding the 394 Union Depot station sites. Minneapolis St. Paul Interchange 94 35W LOWER AFTON The transit station in St. Paul would be located at Lower Afton Road and Highway 61. Concept plans for the transit station show a 275- LOWER stall parking deck, and a pedestrian bridge spanning U.S. Highway 61, AFTON providing easy commuter access to the transit platform.

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COTTAGE GROVE The Red Rock transit station in Cottage Grove would be located at the COTTAGE Langdon Village site, southeast of Highway 61 and Jamaica Avenue. Dakota Concept plans for the station area include two parking decks for a County GROVE NEWPORT combined 850 stalls, and three-to-four-story mixed-use and residential The transit station in Newport would be located at the former Knox development. Lumberyard, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 61 and I-494. Concept plans for the Newport transit station suggest reconnecting HASTINGS the station area to the Mississippi riverfront, with mixed-use developments and a new 450-stall parking deck.

Future extension to KEY Prairie Island Indian Community and Red Wing Red Rock Corridor Alternative Route to Minneapolis HASTINGS High-Speed Rail The transit station would be located in downtown Hastings on Tyler Phase 2 Route Street, across from the historic Hastings train depot. Concept plans Continues to Madison, for the station site include a new 400-stall parking deck; two to three Goodhue MINNESOTA Milwaukee and Chicago story mixed-use developments, with ground "oor commercial and HIGH-SPEED RAIL housing or o#ce units above. County