The following excerpt appeared in the Los Angeles Business Journal on December 9, 2024. To read the full article (may require subscription), click here.

LA Metro to Take Reins On Extension – Los Angeles Business Journal

Rail: One of four new stations from the project.

By Howard Fine

December 9, 2024

[excerpts]:

The $1.5 billion, 9-mile first phase of the Foothill Gold Line Extension light rail line from Glendora to Pomona is set to be transferred to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority next month for final prep work in advance of its expected opening next summer.

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For the remainder of this month, the authority’s announcement said, construction crews will be testing the light rail system and putting the finishing touches on the buildout of the four new stations in Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne and Pomona.

“We are now just four weeks away from delivering the 9.1-mile, four-station extension of the Metro A Line from Glendora to Pomona on time and on budget, despite beginning major construction just as the Covid-19 pandemic was taking hold,” said Habib Balian, chief executive of the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority.

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But that won’t be the end of construction for the Foothill Gold Line Extension. Thanks to nearly $800 million in state funding received as part of a major transit bill this summer, the remaining 3.2-mile portion of the extension to Montclair in San Bernardino County that had been severed from the project five years ago due to soaring materials and labor costs is now back on the table.

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