The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority board of directors awarded a USD 2.6 million Utility Relocation design-bid-build contract to W.A. Rasic Construction Company for the utility relocation work as part of the 20-km Foothill Gold Line light rail project from Glendora to Montclair. The contract award will allow the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority to begin work on the USD 1.4 billion, six-station Glendora to Montclair segment in October, with the first three years being spent relocating utilities, conducting pre-construction activities, finalizing engineering plans and hiring the design-build contract team.
The Glendora to Montclair segment will extend the Metro Gold Line light rail line from its eastern terminus in Azusa through the foothill communities in the San Gabriel Valley and into San Bernardino County. It will add new light rail stations in Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona, Claremont and Montclair. The project is being funded by Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties.
The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority received bids from five qualified teams for this contract. The Utility Relocation contract is the first of two contracts to be procured as part of the Glendora to Montclair project. The second, Alignment design-build contract, will begin procurement this November and anticipate award in late 2018.
Major construction will begin in 2020 and will consist of two major construction phrases: first, the relocating/rebuilding of the freight and Metrolink systems, and second, the construction of the Gold Line light rail system. Completion is expected in 2026.
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