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VOLUME 21, NO. 3
Historic Santa Fe Depot Renovation Set to Begin
The rehabilitation will affect transportation in the immediate area, except for the Gold Line.
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estoration efforts for the Historic Santa Fe Depot will begin this week. To facilitate the construction, public access to the Station Square Promenade will be restricted for the duration of the work. During the past several weeks, the proj-
ect team coordinating the rehabilitation of the Historic Santa Fe Depot has been engaged in an intensive planning effort to prepare for the upcoming construction work. The city will be placing pedestrian detour and way-finding signs on site to direct
Monrovia Old Town Report
individuals around the construction area. Commuters of the Gold Line will not be impacted significantly by construction activity; and the Monrovia Gold Line Station will remain open to the public. For people dependent on the bus, Foot-
hill Transit will be moving their bus stop for Line 270 which is currently located at the terminus of Primrose Avenue at Station Square. During construction, the stop will be moved one block north of its current location onto Pomona Avenue near Primrose Avenue.
Municipal Election: Three File for Council, Two for Mayor BY SUSAN MOTANDER
BY PAM FITZPATRICK A nice, but visibly angry gentleman approached me during this week’s filming in Old Town and asked me a simple question: “What does
– Photo by Terry Miller/Beacon Media News
all of this do for the citizens of Monrovia?” He wasn’t in the mood for an explanation, SEE PAGE 11
The filing period for the Monrovia municipal election in April closed last week three for the two city council seats and two candi-
dates filing for mayor. In addition to Council Members Alex Blackburn and Larry Spicer who filed for re-election; Clifford De-
Costa has also filed. Mayor Tom Adams filed for reelection and will face newSEE PAGE 10