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 …
