Project Funding

The 12.3-mile, six-station Glendora to Montclair project is being built in phases due to funding constraints.

Glendora to Pomona Funding: Funding for the westernmost 9-mile Glendora to Pomona project segment is coming mostly from LA County, with State of California greenhouse gas reduction and tire-derived aggregate grant funding.  The majority of Los Angeles County funding is from the Measure M half-cent sales tax (approved by LA County voters in November 2016), along with nearly $100 million of residual funds from the Measure R half-cent sales tax not used to complete the now-operational Pasadena to Azusa segment. Additionally, the project was awarded a nearly $300 million grant through the CalSTA’s Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) in 2018. The majority of the TIRCP grant funds have been used to complete the Glendora to Pomona segment, with approximately $40 million set aside for the final project segment (see below). In 2021, the project was also awarded a $650,000 grant from CalRecycle to use tire-derived aggregate as part of the project. As a result, approximately 548,200 tires were recycled and utilized to reduce noise in areas along the project corridor where noise impacts were identified and could be reduced through this effort.

Pomona to Montclair Funding: The Construction Authority received $798 million from LA Metro in late 2024 (funded by a State of California grant – SB125) to complete the Los Angeles County portion of the final project segment, that includes the future Claremont Station. The portion of the final segment in San Bernardino County, that includes the Montclair Station, has $41 million from a 2018 State of California TIRCP grant and needs additional funding to move forward. San Bernardino County is responsible for funding their County’s portion of the project.