MetroLink

The 5.6-mile rail corridor would run north and south between Natural Bridge and Chippewa, providing access to Union Station and the new soccer stadium, CityPark.

For years, Metro East leaders have touted this proposed MetroLink expansion as a vital link to help travelers by connecting MidAmerica with St. Louis Lambert International Airport.

The goal of the facility is to help make MetroLink safer for the region.

A partnership with Chestnut Health Systems originated on the Illinois side of the St. Louis area’s public transit system in 2021 and expanded to two stations in Missouri earlier this year.

The East-West Gateway Council of Governments will apply for federal funds to develop a regional action plan to reduce serious injuries and deaths of pedestrians. Having that plan will make the region eligible for additional funding.

Bi-State Development, which runs MetroLink, plans to resume light rail service at every station on the company’s Blue Line on Monday now that workers have made significant repairs to the system following last month's flash flooding.

The $7 million contract covers the design and engineering of the turnstiles, cameras and fencing at MetroLink stations across the St. Louis region. The cost will be covered with a combination of grants and federal funding.

The funding includes a new public safety center in St. Clair County along the MetroLink route and improvements to America’s Central Port in Granite City.

At the center of Midtown St. Louis is “a doughnut hole”: the Grand MetroLink Station. Kim Cella and Chris Beard discussed the problem — and ideas for improvements — on “St. Louis on the Air.”

St. Louis has $41 million in sales tax revenue that could be used to build a north-south MetroLink expansion. But is that what the city’s public transit system needs?