The 11.5-mile Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail project from Pasadena to Azusa is now more than halfway to project completion, according to the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority. When completed in Sept. 2015, the nearly $1-billion project will provide six new light rail stations for Metro service. Additional construction includes intermodal parking facilities in the cities of Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa; two dozen new and rebuilt bridge structures; 14 at-grade street crossings; 3.6-miles of relocated freight track within a shared corridor with BNSF Railway; and a 24-acre, $265-million Operations Campus to house up to 84 light rail vehicles.
“We have stayed on-schedule and on-budget since we began work in 2010,” says Habib F. Balian, Construction Authority CEO, in a statement. “We still have a significant way to go to substantial completion, but the progress already made provides the confidence that we will be able to meet our schedule and deliver this regionally significant project on time and on budget.”