Kenrick Avenue Park and Ride station explained

Kenrick Avenue Park & Ride
Coordinates:44.7067°N -93.2844°W
Other:467
Opened:September 28, 2009
Accessible:Yes

The Kenrick Avenue Park and Ride[1] [2] is a 750-space parking ramp in Lakeville, Minnesota providing interchange for bus passengers.

The three-level park-and-ride ramp is located on the site of a former Minnesota Department of Transportation weigh station, on the east side of Interstate Highway 35 at Kenrick Avenue and 167th Street West, about two miles south of the point where I-35E and I-35W divide. In January, 2009, the Metropolitan Council awarded a $6.6 million contract to Adolphson & Peterson Construction to build the station,[3] which began serving customers on September 28, 2009.

Northbound buses access the freeway directly from the station. Buses on Metro Transit's Express Bus Route 467[4] now serve commuters destined for downtown Minneapolis. A future extension of the Metro Orange Line, a bus rapid transit service to downtown Minneapolis, may also serve the facility.[5]

The station was built at a cost of $8.67 million. Most of the cost was paid by the federal government with $1.7 million coming from Minnesota state bonds. The park and ride was the third largest facility by capacity in the Metro Transit system in 2011.[6]

References

  1. Web site: Kenrick Avenue Park & Ride in Lakeville . Minnesota Department of Transportation . 2009-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224201642/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/upa/lakevillepark.html . 2012-02-24 .
  2. Web site: Metro Transit Notice: Kenrick Ave. Park & Ride Facility/Roundabout Community Informational Open House . City of Lakeville . 2009-06-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719034508/http://www.ci.lakeville.mn.us/departments/departmentspdf/ParkRideJune11.pdf . 2011-07-19 .
  3. Web site: Transit improvements through the Urban Partnership Agreement . Minnesota Department of Transportation . 2009-03-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090331093445/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/upa/transit.html . 2009-03-31 .
  4. Web site: Express Bus Route 467 . Metro Transit . 2009-10-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100117140740/http://transit.metc.state.mn.us/Schedules/WebSchedules.aspx?route=467 . 2010-01-17 .
  5. Web site: Orange Line FAQs - Metro Transit . www.metrotransit.org . June 24, 2019.
  6. News: Adams . Jim . Lakeville's New Bus Service Taking Off . 2 November 2023 . Star Tribune via Mass Transit . 17 May 2011.