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There's a new episode in the long-running St. Croix bridge melodrama.

The Minnesota Environmental Partnership, a coalition, sent a letter to Gov. Mark Dayton urging him to take seriously the idea of a 

And then there's a response to the letter from Dayton.

"A number of options were considered before they chose the one that they chose, so there's a reason why it was selected," said Dayton's spokeswoman, Katharine Tinucci.  "Certainly there are other options, but this is the closest we've come in 10 years to having it finished, and that's why we're going ahead with the current plan."

You'll recall from earlier scenes in this long-running soap opera that Dayton and MnDOT set a 

 of having a final bridge plan in place by Sept. 30.

MnDOT says there are lots of other projects in line waiting for that money, and the agency says if the bridge is a no-go, then they need to get busy on plans for them.

Here are some excerpts from the letter sent by the Minnesota Environmental Partnership:

Signatures from folks representing 30 various environmental and other interest groups are attached.

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Dayton's spokeswoman says, in so many words, full speed ahead toward nailing down funding for the larger version.

Dayton puts the kibosh on smaller St. Croix bridge

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