Re: Municipally-financed Waterpark at MOA - Bloomington
Posted: March 9th, 2018, 10:42 am
It seems like only a matter of time before there's some kind of connector linking all the parts of the massive shopping complex together.
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If we were willing to move the transit center to this better location and we're tearing up the entire lot anyway, we might as well just move the final approach underground with a cut-and-cover before there's anything on the site.Something something build the LRT station/transit center into this building instead.
I was vaguely wondering if that weird quarter-circle elevated path in the waterpark rendering was some sort of connector.It seems like only a matter of time before there's some kind of connector linking all the parts of the massive shopping complex together.
Maybe getting the train to ramp down to/up from the tunnel requires more space than is available (esp. coming back UP towards the mall)?I've always wondered why LRT didn't run right down the middle of Lindau Ln, have a below grade transit hub right in front of the mall then turn north up toward IKEA where it could use a parking lot to turn around. It really made sense to me a few years ago when they were redoing the area.
Plus it would set up nicely for a future line down American Blvd. to Eden Prairie Center to meet up with the SW if that was to ever happen.