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1/6/2025
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (L.A. Metro) Foothill Gold Line light-rail extension between Glendora and Pomona, California, has reached substantial completion on time and on budget.
The $1.5 billion, four-station project was designed and built by Kiewit-Parsons, a joint venture, over the past five years, Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority officials said in a press release.
The $906.5 million contract included design and construction of the new stations and parking facilities, the light-rail systems, including track, power, train control, communications and safety equipment, nine miles of relocated freight track, 19 bridges, 21 grade crossings, 10 miles of decorative sound and retaining walls, fencing and testing.
The project, which has been managed by the construction authority, will now be turned over to L.A. Metro for final testing, training of crew and operators, emergency and safety preparations and other pre-revenue operation procedures. L.A. Metro has not yet announced an opening date.
Most of the project’s funding came from the L.A. County’s Measure M half-cent sales tax, construction authority officials said. Other funding included $100 million in residual funds from the Measure R half-cent sales tax not used to complete the now-operating Pasadena to Azusa segment; a $300 million grant through the California State Transportation Authority’s transit and intercity rail capital program; and a $650,000 grant from CalRecycle to use tire-derived aggregate as part of the project.