MONROVIA, Calif., May 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Foothill Gold
Line Construction Authority (Construction Authority) today held a
community open house and dedication for the state-of-the-art
Foothill Gold Line Operations Campus. Today's event was attended by
elected officials at all levels of government, transportation
officials and hundreds of community stakeholders. The dedication of
the 24-acre, $265 million light rail
maintenance and operations facility marks a crucial milestone in
the completion of the 11.5-mile Foothill Gold Line light rail
project from Pasadena to
Azusa, which is on schedule for
completion in late-September
2015.
"The completion of Foothill Gold Line Operations Campus months
ahead of schedule and on budget is a testament to the ingenuity,
hard work and focus of the entire team," said Foothill Gold Line
Board Chairman Doug Tessitor.
"Today, we celebrate an important milestone on the project that
will allow trains to start being commissioned to the facility in
advance of us completing the six station light rail extension three
short months from now."
The Construction Authority celebrated this milestone with a
dedication ceremony held in and around the campus'
132,000-square-foot Main Shop Building, which was designed and
built to meet the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in
Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Standard, one of the
highest levels of sustainable achievement available. The facility
is projected to use 35% less water and 32.5% less electricity than
a typical building of its kind.
The facility will service up to 84 light rail vehicles from the
county's growing light rail fleet and 200 operations and
maintenance staff over several shifts a day. In a symbolic gesture
of celebrating completion of and accepting responsibility for the
Foothill Gold Line Operations Campus, Metro CEO Phillip A. Washington accepted a gold key from
Construction Authority CEO Habib F.
Balian.
"The partnership between the Construction Authority and Metro
over the last few years has been incredible," added Tessitor. "We
build the facility for Metro, and we wanted this to be a model for
future facilities in their system. I believe we have achieved that
goal with the artistic look, integration of sustainability, and the
overall functionality of the site."
U.S. Representatives Grace
Napolitano and Norma Torres
joined California Senate Minority
Leader Robert Huff, San Gabriel
Valley Legislative Caucus Chair Senator Dr. Ed Hernandez, California Assembly Majority Floor
Leader Chris R. Holden, and
California Assembly Member Ed Chau at the ceremony, which included
a unique opportunity to tour the state-of-the-art facility before
it becomes operational. Also attending the celebration were Los
Angeles County Supervisors Michael D.
Antonovich and Hilda Solis.
Both Supervisors represent regions that will benefit from the light
rail service.
The $265-million Gold Line
Operations Campus is an integral part of the six-station, 11.5-mile
Foothill Gold Line light rail project from Pasadena to Azusa currently nearing completion.
For more information on and images of the facility and today's
dedication, please visit foothillgoldline.org.
About the Foothill Gold Line – Planning, design and
construction of the Foothill Gold Line light rail system is
overseen by the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority, an
independent transportation planning and construction agency created
in 1998 by the California State Legislature. The agency completed
the first segment of the line – Los
Angeles to Pasadena – in
2003 on time and under budget. The second phase of 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 completed in late-September 2015 when it will be turned over
to Metro for pre-revenue service. The 24-acre Foothill Gold Line
Operations Campus is being built as part of the Pasadena to Azusa project and will be turned over three
months ahead of the overall project. Construction of the Foothill
Gold Line Operations Campus is on budget and is being completed
several months ahead of schedule.
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