Alignment Alternatives Study Results
The alternative analysis study concluded that the best alignment for the Bottineau Corridor would be light rail transit service using Alternatives A and D1. The line scored well overall for the three categories of Corridor Benefits, Development Opportunities, and Environmental Impacts. The Cost/Benefit Analysis pushed this corridor to the highest position of the potential corridors. This corridor would serve and estimated 19,500 daily riders by 2030. It would take 26 minutes to travel from Maple Grove to Downtown, just a couple minutes more than average express bus service. The construction cost estimate for the corridor is $885 million, in 2016 dollars. Though bus rapid transit would have cost significantly less, estimated at $464 million, it is also estimated that there would have been 6,000 fewer riders per daily.
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