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Police said thst I1 suspects <br />have been arrested and that <br />nine others will probably be <br /> <br />tO~ said the ol~ration us. zn'....~Iuded the' c~a~ Of .a. p <br />effo~ W "~ o~ step ~ead of ~ M~es ~m a ~ <br />· e ~g d~l~' ~d ~ ~s~pp~h~~ ' h <br />~ by n~borhood ~m- ~ ~ s~oo~ H~n ~ <br /> <br /> , .. _. MINNESOTA, <br />· . NORTHSTAR PROJECT <br /> <br />'i ,.Estimates for planned rail line double <br /> <br />Track owner puts repairs at $136 million <br /> <br /> BY BILL SALISBURY <br /> P~oneer Press <br /> <br />The railcoad that owns ~e <br /> <br /># <br /> sawhorse763-533-1010.com <br /> <br />Monday e.~Jmnted it would <br />need $136 million tll new ~rae. ks <br />and other capful ~provements <br />to handle the new passenger <br />trains. That's more than double <br />the cost that proponents pro- <br />ject~ severn] y~rs <br /> Opponcnts of the Northstzr <br />r~ line betweea If~meapol~ and <br />St Cloud ~eized on t~e. Burlt~g. <br />ton Northern S~nta Fe Rallw~s <br /> <br />projeefs ~portee~ of <br /> <br />CORRECTION NOTICE <br /> <br />The Red Tag Sale Ad For 3 Days only take 35% <br />Coifs regularly priced carpet cleaning service <br />ran in error on Monday 11/03/03. We apologize for <br />any inconvenience this may have caused. <br /> <br />Northstar-line foes said supporters <br />intentionally underestimated the price tag. <br /> <br />ly low-balling the ~ tag <br /> But a Northstar spokesman <br />said the cr~cs were comparb3g <br />apples a~d orange~, and a rep- <br />reseatative of Gov. Tim Pawlea- <br />ty's 3~irdstralio~ agreed. <br /> Sen. Mady ~r, R-$hore- <br />view~ said at a C~pitol nt-w~ con- <br />fercnce that thc Northstar Cor- <br />ridor Development AuthoriW <br />had est~nated the U~ck could <br />be upgraded for $57 million. She <br />sugge~ the proponents delib- <br />erately underestimated the <br />eos~ to win lel~]ative approval <br /> Rep. ~ Krir~.'e, R-Shore- <br />view, likened the NorthStar proj- <br />ect to the Hiawatha light-rail <br />l~e under constructi~ in Mia- <br />neapol~ and Bloomingto~L In <br />1~9, l~ght-mfl backers predict~ <br />that lme would eos~ $446 <br />but ~e actual prke will exceed <br />$716 miH~o~, he said. %et's not <br />m~e ~at same intstake agar. <br /> ~ut Tini Yantos, <br />Oo~ridor proje~ manager, said <br />· e ~57 milh'on figure is aa %1~, <br />outdated number that was <br />on some very, very prelffolnary <br />dis~on~.' He ~akl they nO <br />longer ~se that figure. Burl~g- <br />ton N01~efl~'l'h~nl~ <br /> <br />more ~rack and ~ improve- <br />ments nccd to be n~de than the <br />Nor~t~ Corridor authority <br />proj ec~d ]~ore 2om, he ~ <br /> <br />Northern and the NCDA ha~e <br />long been know~" said Robert <br />Mc~trlia a,~t to state Tram- <br />portatio~ Comm~sioner and Lt. <br />Gov, Carol MoMau. "The num~ <br />~ ~x]ay doe~'t make the <br /> <br />apparent than they were before,' <br /> The railroad and the devel- <br />opment authority have honest <br />differences of opinion OVer what <br />t~a~k improvements need to be <br />made if the project proceeds, <br />McFarlin said. "'We have ~o <br />resolve those differences," <br /> ~awiea~ is expected to decide <br />by eady next year whether h~ <br />b~e~e~ tt~ Noz~star r~ project <br />wo~d be ~ c~.~ve way to <br />reii~we f;~ffi¢ congestion ~ t~e <br />Inter.re 94 corridor. If he con. <br />dudes it is, he v/al ask ~he 20~ <br />LegLqature to help ft~d it <br /> <br />a~ bsalisbury@pionecrpress.¢om <br />or 051-225-5538- <br /> <br />I sSO0 Per Person Show l)iseount ! <br />I ~ fera l~e Alaska Cnd~Te~r $a900 valae ' <br /> <br />£0'd ZI:9I ~0, 9 <br /> <br /> <br />