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The families of shooting victims criticized MetroLink security in 2019 and again in 2023 because no police were patrolling the Metro East stations at the time the crimes occurred.
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The project — which will connect MidAmerica to St. Louis-Lambert International Airport via light rail — is expected to wrap in spring 2026, according to the St. Clair County Transit District.
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The goal of the facility is to help make MetroLink safer for the region.
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OtherThe 1.7-mile pathway will extend from Illinois Route 161 to Sullivan Drive in Belleville to Frank Scott-Parkway in Fairview Heights.
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A project to change Belleville’s station will closely mirror one that’s been completed at the Emerson Park Transit Center in East St. Louis.
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The $96 million project will add more than five miles of new track and bike trails to the existing light rail line to connect it to the county-owned airport.
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A snack shop at the Belleville MetroLink station now employs people with disabilities, providing on-the-job training to a community that often faces…