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For the first time in years, the Hennepin Avenue corridor through Uptown heads into summer without an active construction zone, the rebuilt street now served by the METRO E Line that began carrying riders in December.

A September 2025 MinnPost commentary argues that Hennepin County's proposed reconstruction of Lyndale Avenue, the Wedge's eastern edge, falls short for people who walk and bike and should be changed before it is locked in.

The rebuilt Hennepin Avenue South divides its fixed width among buses, bikes, cars and pedestrians, and no constituency got everything it wanted.

Public Works first recommended full-time bus lanes for Hennepin Avenue, but after a council fight and a mayoral veto the project settled on part-time lanes.

The rebuilt Hennepin Avenue reallocates about 1.4 miles of pavement among part-time bus lanes, a two-way protected bikeway, raised medians and wider sidewalks.

Hennepin Avenue South reopened Oct. 31 between Lake Street and Douglas Avenue after an 18-month, roughly $36 million reconstruction.

The $36 million Hennepin Avenue South rebuild reopened in October 2025 with wider sidewalks, new bus stations and a two-way protected bikeway along the Wedge's western edge.

The $36 million rebuild of South Hennepin brought new transit lanes, a protected bikeway and wider sidewalks to the Wedge and Lowry Hill's eastern edge.
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