The following excerpt appeared in the Pasadena Star-News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin on September 1, 2019. To read the full article, click here.

$550 million price tag for the Gold Line to Claremont and Montclair – Pasadena Star-News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Plans to extend the Gold Line light-rail from Pomona through Claremont and to Montclair will cost $550 million. The big rail track like ones here at the Claremont Station will need to be moved for the 12.3-mile light-rail extension from Glendora to Montclair, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. (Photo by John Valenzuela, Contributing Photographer)

By Steve Scauzillo

September 1, 2019

[Excerpt]:

Of the $550 million it will cost to extend Gold Line from Pomona to Montclair, the bulk — around $450 million — is needed to build the line to Claremont. That money has yet to be secured.

From there, getting the line to Montclair costs only $100 million, according to Habib Balian, CEO of the Gold Line Construction Authority.

Engineering and construction in Claremont, he said, must include:

• Demolishing the existing Metrolink station and moving it across the street, with a Gold Line station built in its place;

• Laying temporary tracks for both Metrolink and freight rail, which will be removed when permanent tracks are laid;

• Erecting four train bridges over Monte Vista Avenue, Garey Avenue, Towne Avenue and Indian Hill Boulevard. Each will cost about $30 million, Balian said.

“It is very expensive to go from Pomona to Claremont,” he said. “The cost per mile is very high.”

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