Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board approved a USD 1.4 billion budget and partnership agreements to extend the Metro Gold Line in the San Gabriel Valley another 18.5 km east to Claremont.
Partnership agreements establish a funding plan and shared roles and responsibilities between Metro and the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority, the agency that will build the extension. Metro will fund the portion of the new segment from Glendora to Claremont within Los Angeles County. The Construction Authority plans to utilize other funding to complete the line to Montclair in San Bernardino County as part of the overall project.
The extension will be the first rail line to begin construction from a multitude of new transit projects funded by Metro’s Measure M half-cent transport sales tax approved by L.A. County voters in November 2016.
“This second phase of the Foothill Gold Line is truly significant because it’s the very first Measure M transit project out of the gate. It will establish the early momentum we need to launch our ambitious new traffic improvement plan that will yield tremendous transportation benefits for the entire Los Angeles County area,” John Fasana, Metro Board Chair said.
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