METRO marked a milestone yesterday with the approval by City Council of a consent agreement that gives us permission to build five rail lines on city streets. But that agreement covers more than permission to build five light-rail lines. METRO is also giving something to the city: $300 million of utility upgrades. For example, if a ...

  Today, City Council overwhelmingly approved a consent agreement between the city and METRO to build five light-rail lines on city streets.The vote was 13-2. With this agreement, we can move forward with Phase 2 of METRO Solutions and our goal of completing all five lines by 2012.  The consent agreement details exactly how work will ...