We received an email yesterday from the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Authority calling on people who support extending the Gold Line east from Pasadena to show up at Thursday's Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors meeting.
If you want to try to help get the Gold Line Extension put into the MTA's Long-Range Transportation Plan, you'll want to show up at the MTA Board meeting Thursday at 9:30am. Here's the email with info on what to do:
Dear Claremont Insider,
Thank you for taking the time to blog about the Gold Line Foothill Extension. As you know, the Foothill Extension is not in Metro’s Draft Long Range Transportation Plan, meaning the extension will not be funded if the board doesn’t add it to the list when it considers finalizing the list in June 2008. In the meantime, we would like to let all of our supporters know about the board meeting on April 24th so they can show their support for extending the rail line to Ontario International Airport. This is a very important meeting as it comes one day before the end of the public comment period for Metro’s Draft Long-Range Transportation Plan. The more people who voice their support, the better.
We encourage supporters of the Gold Line Foothill Extension to attend the April 24th Metro board meeting at MTA Headquarters, 1 Gateway Plaza, adjacent to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. To join us on the train from Sierra Madre Villa Station in Pasadena on April 24th please call us at 626-305-7026 or RSVP at lmanning@foothillextension.org. For information on how to write a letter in support of our effort, click here.
Sincerely,
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
Meeting information:
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008, 9:30AM
Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Board of Directors Meeting
One Gateway Plaza, 3rd Floor Board Room
Los Angeles, CA
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