The Foothill Gold Line from Pasadena to Azusa today released a new and informative video, “Building the Light Rail Track: A Step-by-Step Overview,” on its website and YouTube channels. This new video provides a five-step overview of the process involved in installing the light rail track system for the 11.5-mile Foothill Gold Line light rail project from Pasadena to Azusa. The video release kicks off a week of celebration, as the first Measure R-funded rail project to break ground four years ago now hits a major milestone with all 28-miles of light rail track needed for the project in place.
“On Saturday, October 18, we will be celebrating with our community the completion of all light rail track installation for the project,” stated Foothill Gold Line CEO Habib F. Balian. “This is an important milestone for the project, which allows us to begin testing the system later this year and continues our progress on time and on budget for a turn over to Metro in September 2015.”
More than 300 project stakeholders, community members, and elected officials are expected to participate at the Track Completion Ceremony the morning of Oct. 18. During the Track Completion Ceremony, the final rail clip will be driven into place, marking the permanent connection between the cities of Pasadena, Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa, via this new light rail line.
“Our communities are eager to finally see the train arrive,” added Balian. “Although they understand that we are still a year away from construction completion, they are ready to celebrate this milestone in the life of this nearly $1 billion project and what it means to the future of their cities and our region.”
