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Building Metro cold light train rail line for Los Angeles. A ground level view of what will be the main building at the maintenance campus in LA suburb of Monrovia. (Press photo: Credit: Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority)
LA Gold Line Rail Extension 50 percent complete
Published: Wed, 2014-12-17 11:00-
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Skanska to construct $18.6 million Bridge
The 11.5-mile Metro Gold Line Foothill Rail 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.
Extension of light rail project from Pasadena to Azusa is now more than halfway to project completion.
When completed, the nearly $1 billion Measure R project will include six new light rail stations with 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.
All three design-build projects have been awarded for the project: (1) the $18.6 million Gold Line Bridge to Skanska USA; (2) the $486 million Pasadena to Azusa Alignment to Foothill Transit Constructors – a Kiewit-Parsons Joint Ventura (FTC); and (3) the $48.7 million Intermodal Parking and Enhancements to Webcor.
The Gold Line Bridge was completed on time and on budget in late 2012, and was recognized in 2013 with five prestigious industry awards for its design and construction.
The largest contract – the $486 million Pasadena to Azusa Alignment – is being designed and built by FTC, and is also on-schedule and on-budget.
The Alignment and Parking contracts will be completed within coming 1, 5 years. The Construction Authority anticipates having the Operations Campus ready for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) in March 2015, and the remainder of the project turned over to Metro in September 2015 for testing and pre-revenue service. Metro will decide when the project opens for passenger service.
Source: LA Metro Gold Line Foothill project
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