It’s important to note that while this project is in Metro’s long-range plan, it is not a fully funded project at this time and does not have a planned opening date. The draft study can be viewed or downloaded on the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority’s website. Public comments [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Headlines blog, which you can also access via email subscription or RSS feed. Azusa residents get a chance to air complaint about Gold [continue reading]
Measure R Extension: The big-ticket item at Thursday’s Board of Directors meeting is a scheduled vote on whether the Board wants to ask voters to extend the half-cent sales tax beyond its mid-2039 expiration date. Metro staff is proposing to extend the tax as a way to possibly accelerate all [continue reading]
Work continues to progress on the “Iconic Bridge” that will carry Gold Line Foothill Extension trains over the eastbound 210 freeway. From Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority CEO Habib Balian: “Skanska is nearly complete with the internal support structure for the I-210 Bridge superstructure. 500 tons of reinforcing steel [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-31REdmfq8&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Very cool video released today of the ongoing construction work on the bridge that will carry Gold Line Foothill Extension tracks over the eastbound lanes of the 210 freeway in Arcadia. The project, funded by Measure R, is being built by the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority. The [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtDcf1ZHiGI&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Good video today from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the independent agency building the Pasadena-to-Azusa line. Check out the time lapse of the frame going up for the Iconic Bridge over the eastbound 210. The project is funded by Measure R, the half-cent sales tax increase approved [continue reading]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxbv7qAehXc&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] This is the first of a two-part video from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority looking at cities along the 11.5-mile project to extend the Gold Line from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border. The project is being funded by the Measure R sales tax increase approved by Los [continue reading]
Here’s the news release sent Friday from the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the Measure R-funded project from Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border: Construction of the temporary structure required more than 20 full closures of the eastbound I-210 Freeway MONROVIA, Calif. – Today, the Metro Gold [continue reading]
Habib Balian, the CEO of the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, send the following email on Wednesday afternoon to community members following the project that will extend the Gold Line for 11 miles from Pasadena to Azusa: This morning, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michelle Rosenblatt conducted a [continue reading]
The press was given a chance on Friday to view up close the recent work on the “Iconic Bridge” that will carry the Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail line over the eastbound 210 freeway. The above photo shows the first set of beams that will be part of the [continue reading]
