MONROVIA, Calif., July 29, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
following media advisory is being released by Foothill Gold
Line:
WHO: Residents / Businesses / Future Riders in the cities
of Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa
WHAT: The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority
has announced the dates for the upcoming station dedication
ceremonies, taking place in August and September 2015. The station dedications will
celebrate the upcoming substantial completion of construction for
the six station, 11.5-mile light rail project from Pasadena to Azusa. The full project is on time and on
budget to be turned over to Metro for pre-revenue service in
late-September. Metro anticipates starting pre-revenue service this
Fall, and passenger service in 2016. An opening date has not yet
been determined.
Join the cities, elected officials at all levels of government,
the Construction Authority, Metro, and special guests as we
dedicate the Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa stations
and celebrate the Foothill Gold Line's overall upcoming
completion.
WHEN/WHERE:
Duarte/City of
Hope
Station
Dedication
Saturday, August
15 (10 AM)
1777 Duarte
Road
Duarte, CA
Event
Parking:
Station Parking Lot -
Highland Ave at Business Center Dr. (access the parking from
Business Center Dr.)
|
Arcadia Station
Dedication
Saturday, August
22 (10 AM)
201 N. First
Avenue
Arcadia,
CA
Event
Parking:
Station Parking
Structure - Santa Clara Ave, between First Ave and Santa Anita
Ave
|
Irwindale Station
Dedication
Friday, August 28
(5 PM)
16027 Avenida
Padilla
Irwindale,
CA
Event
Parking:
Station Parking
Structure - Irwindale Ave/Adelante St., just south of
the
I-210
Freeway
|
Monrovia Station
Dedication
Saturday,
September 12 (10 AM)
1651 S. Primrose
Avenue
Monrovia,
CA
Event
Parking:
Station Parking
Structure - Primrose Ave, just south of Pomona Ave (Primrose Ave is
one block west of Myrtle Ave)
|
Azusa Downtown
& APU/Citrus College Stations Dedication*
Saturday,
September 19 (10 AM)
Azusa Downtown
Station
780 N. Alameda
Avenue
Azusa, CA
Event
Parking:
Public lots and
street parking are available on Azusa Ave, Alameda Ave and Dalton
Ave, one block north of Foothill Blvd.
* Both Azusa stations
- the Azusa Downtown Station and APU/Citrus College Station - will
be dedicated at this combined ceremony. The dedication ceremony
will take place at the Azusa Downtown Station.
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The community and
media are invited to attend these milestone events.
Learn
more:
www.foothillgoldline.org
www.iwillride.org
Facebook:
iwillride
Twitter:
@iwillride
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For information on
how to get to a station dedication by bus, please contact the
appropriate service provider:
- MTA
(Metro): Please call (323) GO-METRO (323-466-3876) or go
to www.metro.net
- Foothill
Transit: Please call (800) RIDE-INFO (800-743-3463) or go
to www.foothilltransit.org
- Duarte
Transit: Please call (626) 359-1813 or go
to www.accessduarte.com
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- Visit www.foothillgoldline.org
About the Foothill Gold Line - The Foothill Gold Line is
a nearly $2 billion, 12-station
extension of the Metro Gold Line light rail system, being overseen
by the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority, an independent
transportation planning and construction agency created in 1998 by
the California State Legislature. The project is planned in two
segments – Pasadena to
Azusa and Azusa to Montclair. The Pasadena to Azusa segment is fully funded by Los Angeles County's Measure R and is on
budget and on schedule to be substantially complete in late-September 2015 when it will be turned over
to Metro for pre-revenue service. Measure R is funding the majority
of the cost associated with the advanced engineering and
environmental work currently underway for the Azusa to Montclair segment, which will ready the
project for a design-build procurement in 2017. The Construction
Authority is currently seeking the $1
billion needed to construct the Azusa to Montclair segment.
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