Pasadena Light Rail Project

In what was hailed by the project manager as a milestone, the Rail Construction Corp. on Monday approved subcontracts for surveys and mapping of the planned Blue Line extension from downtown Los Angeles to east Pasadena. The map shows the tentative route for the extension. Laurence Weldon, who is heading up the project, said that if negotiations with the Santa Fe Railway for rights of way continue apace and all goes well, trains could be running along the light rail extension by December, 1996. The subcontracts approved with Cabrinha, Hearn & Associates of Pasadena, KaWes & Associates Assoc. of Rosemead and Airborne Systems of Anaheim are subject to final approval by the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission.