The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority has introduced an interactive map for users to track the many projects during the next couple of years, including thee major bridges through the center of Arcadia, the train station and related parking lot and transit center.
The interactive map is one of numerous upgrades to the agency website to make it easier for the community to stay up to date on current construction activities, and how the community may be impacted. A major component of the recent upgrades is the introduction of new interactive, construction activity maps. The maps provide up-to-the-day snapshots of construction activity, as well as important community impact information like lane and road closures, detour routes, hours of construction, and more.
The new maps make it possible for project stakeholders to view construction activity along the entire 11.5-mile project corridor, or to find information about their particular community. The maps link to current construction notices and detour maps, as well as different pages on the agency website where more detailed information is available about construction and station plans. Such detail is necessary as work on 24 bridges, 18 street crossings, six stations, the Gold Line Operations Campus and 11.5-miles of track-work continue to ramp up.
“The goal is to provide the community a variety of ways to stay updated on the project and not be surprised by construction,” said Construction Authority Director of Public Affairs Lisa Levy Buch. “Some people are very visual and need maps to help them understand what is happening, while others just want more written details. The Construction Authority’s upgraded website now offers both and will continue to do so until the alignment is completed in the next two years.”
Release of the construction activity maps and other website upgrades are the latest elements of an extensive communication program implemented by the Construction Authority to proactively inform the community about the Foothill Extension project. Community stakeholders are also encouraged to sign-up for updates through the Construction Authority website to receive construction e-notices, monthly e-news updates, text message alerts and more.