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Mayor Mike Maguire

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

All Eyes on Cedar Grove Bus Station

Officials want a direct connection between the bus station on the Burnsvile-Eagan border and nearby Cedar Avenue, thereby improving access to the soon-to-be-built Paragon outlet mall.

  The way Eagan city officials see it, there's just one thing wrong with the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority bus station on Nicols Road along the Burnsvile-Eagan border: It doesn't have direct access to nearby Cedar Avenue. Instead, buses traveling to the station must exit on Cliff Road or Diffley Road and travel north on Nicols Road to reach the station. It's a problem Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire and Eagan City Councilor Gary Hansen hope Dakota County and the Minnesota Department of Transportation will correct soon—especially since construction of the nearby Paragon outlet mall is set to begin this year. City officials expect the 440,000-square-foot outlet mall and adjacent businesses will draw plenty of visitors and traffic to the Cedar …

Friday, February 24, 2012

Eagan Political Contenders Plan to Expand Campaigns to Burnsville

Redistricting added several precincts in Burnsville to Eagan's senate district.

The inclusion of a larger portion of Burnsville into Eagan's new senate district has added a new dimension to the 2012 election cycle, according to Eagan's Sen. Ted Daley (R) and his two Democratic challengers, Jim Carlson and Mike Maguire. All three candidates say they are gearing up to campaign in Burnsville's northern precincts, which were rolled up with the majority of the city of Eagan during the redistricting process to form Senate District 51. District 51 replaces the former Senate District 38, which covered much of Eagan and a small portion of northeast Burnsville. Redistricting extended the district's western border all the way across Burnsville to the edge of Scott County. See the new district maps here. Campaigning in Burnsville…

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