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Officials lobby for Gold Line extension funding. $764 million is needed to finish the final segment of the extension from Azusa-to-Claremont. The Gold Line Construction Authority board this week approved an updated expense plan for the entire 23-mile Pasadena-to-Claremont extension of nearly $1.6 billion, of which $810 million has already been allocated, with full completion planned for 2021. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has already funded the Gold Line's 11.5 mile, $750 million Pasadena-to-Azusa segment with Measure R revenues, but the $780 million Azusa-to-Claremont segment has yet to be funded.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32945
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2012
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 28, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
33142AN
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The 11.5 mile light rail Gold Line extension from Pasadena to Azusa was awarded to Foothill Transit Constructors. Kiewit-Parsons, a joint venture company, will design and build the project. Funding comes from Measure R.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32468
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Contractors
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
32667AN
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The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority opened bidding yesterday on Phase 2A of the light rail's extension toward Azusa, which would make a stop in Arcadia. The project is estimated to cost more than $450 million with a completion date in 2017. Measure R guarantees full funding for the Gold Line Extension minus a gap of $500,000. With possible help from a private investment, the completion could be moved up to 2013.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32161
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2010
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 1, 2010
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p. A1, A4
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Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
32358AN
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Elected officials from San Gabriel Valley foothill cities are angry after being told the second phase of the Gold Line Extension project (from Azusa to Claremont) will be given zero dollars from Measure R, despite an aggressive funding plan for other projects in Los Angeles, as proposed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). MTA staff wants to make permanent Measure R--the half cent sales tax passed by voters in 2008 that expires in 2039--to fund a list of transportation projects across the southland.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33075
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2012
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p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2012
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Light rail trains
Measure R
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Transportation
Item ID
33272AN
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has voted to fully fund the $690 million Gold Line Foothill Extension, from Pasadena to Azusa, and to complete it by 2014, with money from Measure R. Measure R was approved by voters in the November 2008 election. It created a half-cent county sales tax intended for transportation projects. The MTA has the funding for the first phase of the Gold Line light rail to Azusa. The first phase is an 11-mile extension that includes stops in Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31950
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2010
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 26, 2010
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p. A1, A4
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Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
32147AN
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Gold Line Extension for the phase from Azusa to Claremont is uncertain. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board has approved asking county voters to extend the Measure R half-cent sales tax for 30 years beyond its expiration date--without a strategy to fund the Gold Line Foothill Extension to Claremont. The Gold Line's 11.5 mile Pasadena-to-Azusa segment is already funded and scheduled for completion in 2015.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33078
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2012
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p. A1, A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 30, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A3
Subjects
Light rail trains
Measure R
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Transportation
Item ID
33275AN
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Gold Line extension may be contributing factor in Arcadia homeless population. Arcadia is seeing a drastic increase in homeless compared to recent years, specifically in Downtown Arcadia and Arcadia County Park, largely due to the Gold Line light rail extension that opened in early 2016 with a stop in Arcadia. Arcadia Police Department has seen a 46% increase in transient calls to deal with in 2017, compared to 2016.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35074
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2018
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p. 1, 7
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 25, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 7
Subjects
Homeless people
Homelessness
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line
Item ID
35263AN
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Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension officially starts March 5. The extension runs from its current terminus at Sierra Madre Villa Station in Pasadena to Azusa Pacific University/Citrus College Station.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34467
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
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p. 2
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Light rail trains
Mass transit
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Railroads
Transportation
Item ID
34659AN
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The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension had a ground breaking ceremony at Newcastle Park in Arcadia, for a project that would extend the line from East Pasadena to Azusa, with stops in Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte and Irwindale. This phase is fully funded through Measure R, the Los Angeles County half-cent sales tax increase that voters approved to fund transportation projects. Eventually the Gold Line will reach the Inland Empire.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32103
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2010
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p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 27, 2010
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p. A1, A7
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Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Item ID
32300AN
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Foothill Gold Line extension is complete. Metro anticipates starting service between Pasadena and Azusa in the spring. It cost $1 billion.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34315
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2015
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p. A1, A7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Metro Gold Line--Foothill Extension
Balian, Habib
Light rail trains
Railroads
Transportation
Item ID
34508AN
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Construction of the Gold Line Foothill Extension will create nearly 7000 new jobs and pump nearly $1 billion into the region's economy, according to a new study of the project.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31868
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2010
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 13, 2010
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p. A1
Subjects
Jobs
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Trains
Transportation
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32065AN
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Construction of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension bridge, that will span the 210 Freeway, has begun. Preparation of the giant column supports included drilling over 100 feet into the ground. The 584-foot Gold Line bridge will take shape by December. It replaces an old railroad bridge across the freeway, which was built about 1969 and torn down in 1997, said Gary Baker, director of construction for the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority. The bridge's design has been controversial, as some say it is not representative of the origins of the area. The entire bridge is slated to be finished summer 2012.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32566
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 6, 2011
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p. 1, 3
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 6, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 3
Subjects
Bridges
Construction
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
Transportation
Item ID
32765AN
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Gold Line bridge construction work will cause up to 20 nights of complete closures on the 210 Freeway in the next two months. The freeway bridge is the first part of the $735 million, 11.5 mile Pasadena to Azusa Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32828
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2012
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 9, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33025AN
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Four day full closure of Huntington Drive and Second Avenue intersection in Arcadia begins Friday, August 8, for Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail construction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33970
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2014
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p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 7, 2014
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p. 1, 10
Subjects
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Railroads
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
34164AN
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All aboard: Gold Line extension opened yesterday with free rides, and nearly 30,000 people jammed into the 6 new stations from Arcadia to Azusa. Photos of the grand opening.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34491
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 6, 2016
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p. A1, A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 6, 2016
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p. A1, A10
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Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Railroads
Transportation
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34683AN
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Local transit authorities are preparing to move forward with the Gold Line Foothill Extension to the Azusa-Glendora border and local cities are planning to place residential and commercial developments along the line. Those developments are intended to prepare for future population growth. The first phase of the extension is slated to be completed by 2014, adding new stops in Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa. Some plans near those stops could be scaled back due to the down economy. Arcadia officials are looking to build commercial developments centered on a planned station just east of Santa Anita Avenue. Arcadia's challenge will be land acquisition. Because Arcadia has ordinances limiting the use of eminent domain, Arcadia officials have to rely on negotiating land deals, a difficult process with limited redevelopment funds.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32082
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 2010
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 6, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
Redevelopment
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32279AN
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Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension moves ahead. Contractor Kiewit Parsons is given full "notice to proceed" to build the 11.5 mile route for the light rail train from Pasadena to Azusa, with a stop in Arcadia, by a planned 2015 completion date.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32910
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2012
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2012
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Kiewit Parsons
Light Rail
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
33107AN
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Completion of the Gold Line Bridge over the 210 Foothill Freeway in Arcadia is celebrated. The $18.6 million bridge, completed on time and on budget, is only one element of the $1.2 billion eastward extension of the Gold Line through Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, and Azusa. Andrew Leicester is the artist and designer of the bridge baskets.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33270
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2012
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p. 1, 18
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 13, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 18
Subjects
Balian, Habib
Bridges
Leicester, Andrew
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Transportation
Item ID
33467AN
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Gold Line bridge across the 210 Freeway just west of Santa Anita Avenue is underway. There is a temporary support structure across the lanes which allows trucks under 15 feet tall to pass freely. When the structure is complete, the Gold Line Construction Authority says the height allowance will be 19 feet. The $18.6 million, 584-foot Gold Line Bridge, the first component of the 11.5 mile Pasadena to Azusa Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension, started last summer and expected to be completed later this year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32841
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 23, 2012
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p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 23, 2012
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Bridges
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Trains
Transportation
Item ID
33038AN
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Metro Foothill Gold Line crossing gates snarl traffic. Faulty part that was recalled worldwide blamed for malfunctions. There are 14 at-grade crossings throughout the 5 cities along the new extension: Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa (has two stations). Arcadia has only one at-grade crossing, but some cars were stuck at the crossing for 5 minutes or more. Each of the cities is working closely with Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority to synchronize traffic signals with train crossings to improve traffic flow.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34490
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A10
Subjects
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Traffic
Transportation
Item ID
34682AN
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