The photos were taken last week of the ongoing work to build tracks for the Expo Line across Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica. I’m sure bus riders and motorists in the area have been keenly aware of the work over the last week and the accompanying related detours, which ended [continue reading]
Progress continues on the second phase of the Measure R-funded Expo Line between Culver City and downtown Santa Monica. The folks at the Expo Line Construction Authority sent over the above photos, all taken in recent days. Both Expo Line Phase 2 and the Gold Line Foothill Extension are more than [continue reading]
The folks at Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority hosted a media tour Thursday of the light rail project that will extend the Gold Line for 11.5 miles from eastern Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border with new stations in Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa and a sprawling light rail [continue reading]
The 11.5-mile Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension is now 50 percent complete, according to the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, which is building the Pasadena-to-Azusa/Glendora border project. Below are an awesome collection of aerial photos taken in recent days by the Construction Authority. The news release — with a [continue reading]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBOAO5qgI64&feature=youtu.be] Seven minutes of awesomeness from our friends at the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, the agency building the 11.5-mile project between eastern Pasadena and the Azusa/Glendora border. I’ll be touring the project next week — I’m looking forward to seeing all the work done. The project is about [continue reading]
Above are a few photos of this weekend’s work to prepare the existing Gold Line to be extended as part of the Gold Line Foothill Extension project. This is the reason that the Sierra Madre Villa station was closed this weekend. Most of the work involves building and/or reworking the [continue reading]
Good morning, Metro customers and Other Interested Parties! I was out of town for a few day and am in catch-up mode. The following news release and above photos are courtesy of the Expo Line Construction Authority, the agency using Measure R funds to build the project’s second phase between [continue reading]
Let’s do a double dip of good news from the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, which is building the 11.5-mile Gold Line extension from eastern Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border. First, from the Authority’s most recent e-newsletter: Pasadena to Azusa: Significant progress continues along the 11.5-mile corridor, as [continue reading]
And now there are train tracks across Overland Avenue for the second phase of the Expo Line! Work was completed over this weekend, as shown in the above photos. Westwood Boulevard got the same treatment last weekend. The project to extend the Expo Line six miles from Culver City to [continue reading]
Reminder to Westsiders: Overland Avenue will be closed this weekend between Ashby Avenue and Coventry Place so that the rail crossing for the second phase of the Expo Line can be constructed. The closure begins tonight at 9 p.m. and runs until Monday at 6 a.m. More details are above. [continue reading]
