The Gold Line Phase Two Construction Authority met at Arcadia City Hall to review the draft agreement submitted by the Blue Line Construction Authority.
Eleven cities, including Arcadia, are vying for representation for the planning, design and funding of the proposed eastern extension of the Gold Line.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has taken away $10 milion in funding for the Gold Line extension, but officials are determined to build it from Pasadena to Claremont.
The City Council decided to ask voters to approve $8 million in bond funding for a bridge at Santa Anita Avenue. If 2/3 of voters support this bond, Arcadia would be the only city on the Gold Line extension route to finance its own grade separation.
After receiving intense pressure from San Gabriel Valley lawmakers, the county's transportation board, the MTA, finally put the Gold Line extension in its long-term plans. This opens up the possibility of federal funding for the project. With this commitment, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has agreed to provide day-to-day operational funding for the first phase of the Gold Line Foothill extension once it is completed.
The Arcadia City Council has approved in concept a proposal for a Joint Powers Agreement with ten other cities to cooperate on extending the Gold Line to Claremont.
County Supervisor Michael Antonovich offered a $5000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the hit and run driver who struck and killed Fuzhi Ji and his 2-year old grandson.
The Blue Line Construction Authority met at Arcadia City Hall and voted unanimously to negotiate a deal with San Bernardino Associated Goverments to pay for including Montclair in the Gold line environmental study.
The Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority has predicted that people will get on the Pasadena-to-Azusa Gold Line extension 9,500 times a day in the year 2030.
An eastern extension of the Metro Gold line from Pasadena to Clarement has not been funded but government leaders and residents are planning for the trains to go east. Cost of the extension may top $1 billion.
A memorandum of understanding between the Blue Line Construction Authority board and the 13-member Gold Line Phase Two Construction Authority board will determine how much control the 11 cities from Arcadia to Montclair will get over the $1.3 billion rail expansion.
John Fasana, a Duarte City Council member and Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) board member, will introduce a measure today to include the 24-mile Gold Line Extension to Claremont in the MTA's long range transportation plan. To get federal stimulus money, the Gold Line needs to be listed in the MTA's long-range plan. Fasana wants to see the MTA reinforce the commitments made in Measure R, the tax measure that Los Angeles County voters approved to provide more than $700 million for the Gold Line.
The proposed site for Arcadia's Gold Line station is just east of Santa Anita Avenue, at the First Avenue/Santa Clara intersection. City leaders want to separate the railroad tracks from the street.
The Arcadia city council endorsed the construction of the second phase of the Gold Line as a light rail transit system. Grade level of the major street crossings was discussed.
When the Gold Line trains leave Pasadena, Arcadia will be the first stop on what will be a 22.5 mile path to Claremont. Station site for the Metrolink trains will be at First Avenue and Santa Clara. The article features information on all the cities where stops will be made. A map is included.
Gold Line measure proposed. Supporters of the Metro Gold Line Extension through San Gabriel Valley are campaigning in Sacramento this week for legislation that would help create a new Gold Line authority. The new authority would provide for a 15-member board of representatives from the so-called Phase II cities, including Arcadia and Monrovia.
A county transportation committee has recommended the Gold Line extension receive $10 million in initial funding from Measure R, instead of the $127,000 that was originally budgeted for the light rail line.