The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority (California) board of directors approved the advanced conceptual engineering (ACE) draft documents for the Foothill Gold LRT project from Glendora to Montclair. The project involves the construction of a 19.8 km line and 6 stations.
The approval marks a major milestone in the agency’s effort to ready the USD 1.2 billion light rail segment for construction as early as next year, and is part of the final phase of work before the project is ready for a design-build procurement.
“The approval is the culmination of more than two years of work, which brought the design level for the project to about 30 percent, with some elements designed to 50 percent. That is the level we believe is appropriate to allow future design-build teams a good understanding of the project, so they can limit the contingency added to the bid price for unknowns; and also allows the cities and our partner agencies the detail they need to prepare for the project,” Habib Balian, CEO of the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority said.
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