The final construction contract has been awarded for the $1.9 billion Alameda Corridor East grade-separation program in the San Gabriel Valley that has spanned 20 years and counting.
Last month, the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments awarded a $69.8 million construction contract for the Turnbull Canyon Road grade-separation project in the City of Industry and unincorporated community of Hacienda Heights. This 19th and final contract under the Alameda Corridor East program has gone to OHLA USA Inc., a subsidiary of Madrid, Spain-based infrastructure firm OHLA Group.
Construction is slated to begin in the spring and should wrap up in mid-2028, just in time for the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The aim of all these grade-separation projects along the Alameda Corridor East rail freight line is to improve safety, speed rail transit and reduce vehicular-traffic interruptions. Several of the grade crossings that have been – or are about to be – separated ranked among the most dangerous in the state in terms of collisions. And, as the length of freight trains has increased, so have the delays at the various grade crossings.
Construction work started on the first Alameda Corridor East grade-separation project – along Nogales Street straddling the cities of West Covina and City of Industry – in summer 2003. Since then, 16 of the grade-separation projects have been completed. One project is now under construction and the remaining two are slated to begin construction in the first half of next year.
“The Alameda Corridor East project has been a transformative program for the San Gabriel Valley that has delivered significant safety, mobility and air quality benefits throughout the region,” said Tim Hepburn, mayor of La Verne and president of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments. “Our 19 grade-separation projects have meant huge investments to improve the critical transportation infrastructure in our local communities to ensure the…
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