Yesterday at the Minnesota State Revenue Building, Governor Mark Dayton, Senator Al Franken, Rep. Betty McCollum, Mayors R.T. Rybak and Chris Coleman joined a handful of other officials to celebrate the federal government signing a check to fund half of the Twin Cities Central Corridor Light Rail line — effectively giving the much-anticipated project the green light. Peter Rogoff, general administrator of the Federal Transit Administration, was on hand to officially hand over a $478 million check from Washington, D.C.
