Vote on Minneapolis' Upper Harbor Terminal to be delayed until environmental review
The City Council will hold off until an environmental review can be conducted.
January 27, 2021 — 9:02pm
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A plan to move forward with a major redevelopment of Minneapolis' Upper Harbor Terminal, a 48-acre site formerly home to a barge terminal, has been postponed after environmentalists raised concerns about its effect on the Mississippi River.
Community Members for Environmental Justice (CMEJ) and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) sent a letter to the City Council earlier this month demanding an environmental review before any action on the plan. City leaders announced at a planning committee meeting Wednesday evening that the City Council will not vote on the project in February, as originally planned, to allow an environmental review, a decision made on the advice of city attorneys and environmental advocates. The purpose of the review, city leaders said, will be to "disclose the potential environmental impacts of the development project and identify ways to avoid or minimize those impacts."