With the Foothill Gold Line Extension to Pomona at 90 percent completion, SGV Connect pays another visit to the Construction Authority’s office to chat with chief executive officer Habib Balian. The podcast can be found below, but you can read a transcript of it by clicking here.
For clarity’s (or maybe confusion’s) sake, we are of course referring to the thrice renamed Metro “A Line.”
Since 2020, tracks have been laid and station platforms have been poured from Glendora to Pomona. Now those stations really look like stations, and the next leg of the route has been funded: $798 million to build the last 3.2 miles to Montclair.
2025 is going to be a big year for the light rail line: construction is expected to finish, stations will be dedicated, and service will begin. Listen to our interview with Habib Balian, and check out progress pics from our tour of the construction sites!
Thanks as always to Albert Ho, Media Relations Director for the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, for keeping SBLA and its readers up to date on the project.
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