The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority in Monrovia, California, said Friday that its $1.5 billion light-rail project between the cities of Glendora and Pomona has reached substantial completion on time and on budget.

The authority is an independent agency in Los Angeles County that handles planning, design and construction for commuter rail projects that connect Los Angeles Union Station to Montclair, California, according to the authority. The Glendora-Pomona line will be the third Foothill Gold Line segment the agency has completed. The other two run between Union Station and Pasadena and between Pasadena and Azusa.

Once an authority project is complete, it is turned over to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), which performs several tasks including final testing, crew and operator training and the securing of final approvals by the California Public Utilities Commission.

The authority awarded the $906.5 million, 9.1-mile design-build contract for the Glendora-Pomona project in October 2019 to a joint venture between Kiewit and Parsons, which started work in the line in July 2020, the authority said. Since then, the design and construction team has worked a total of more than 2.6 million hours

The project includes:

• New light-rail systems with track, power, train control, communications and safety equipment;

• 21 at-grade street crossings;
• 10 miles of decorative sound and retaining walls;
• Wide fencing along the corridor to prevent trespassing; and
• Testing of the line and new systems.