Park Board Road Closures Announced For The Next Six Months
Parades and fundraising rides may be a cherished (and fun!) part of life in Southwest Minneapolis, but they do have their downsides. This morning, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board announced the event-related road closures from July through December of this year, and there are quite a few. Some highlights in Southwest:
Lake Harriet Parkway will be closed nine times between now and December 31st for a number of runs and parades If you frequently use Lake Calhoun Parkway in your travels, you're in somewhat better shape. It will only be closed five times over the next six months.The full list of closures is posted at right.
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Park board stalls hydroelectric deal | mndaily.com - Serving the ...
After a fruitless trip to the Legislature and failed negotiations, plans to build a hydroelectric plant near the St. Anthony Falls have stalled.
Crown Hydro LLC has been trying for 12 years to build a 3.2 megawatt plant near the historic falls. But the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has consistently blocked the project from going forward, citing a fear of its impact on the Falls and the financial reliability of its investors.
In late May, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the agency that administers hydroelectric permits, requested a status update from Crown Hydro. If no signs of progress were evident, FERC could terminate the license to build a plant on the river.
Crown Hydro sent FERC a 90-page recap on the project’s stunted progress in recent months and chronicled what some state legislators have called the Park Board’s “unnecessary delays.”
Celeste Miller, a FERC spokeswoman, said Crown Hydro’s response is currently under review and there is no timetable for a decision.
Park Board President John Erwin wrote a letter to FERC in late June, calling Crown Hydro’s letter a “one-sided rendition” of the events.
“Crown Hydro apparently believes that it is entitled to control of the public park land on terms they alone propose and no others,” Erwin wrote.
Rep. Mike Beard introduced a bill in March that would have given Crown Hydro the ability to bypass the Park Board, but the bill made little progress. Beard said he doesn’t plan on bringing it up during a special session.
The bill’s companion in the Senate, authored by Sen. Gen Olson also stalled.
A similar legislative effort fizzled in 2009.
Despite Beard’s insistence that the bill won’t come up, Crown Hydro asked FERC to wait until legislation was passed during a special session before making a decision on its permit.
Tim Keane, an attorney for Crown Hydro, remains optimistic that the issue could resurface this year.
Crown Hydro met with the Park Board frequently in the spring to draft an agreement to build on the west bank of the Mississippi River. The Park Board requested that William Hawks, Crown Hydro’s owner, give up his stake in the company to a third-party investor. Crown Hydro reluctantly agreed, and is in talks with other investors to take over the project, Keane said.
Erwin said commissioners grew wary of the project’s financial stability when reports surfaced that Hawks’ home on Lake Minnetonka was in foreclosure.
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