Jack Hadjinian Elected Chairman of Alameda Corridor-East Construction
Authority Board
Tuesday, January 27th, 2015
Members of the Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority Board,
from left, Industry Mayor Tim Spohn, El Monte Councilwoman Norma
Macias, San Gabriel Councilwoman and ACE Board Vice Chair Juli
Costanzo, Montebello Mayor and ACE Board Chair Jack Hadjinian, Los
Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich, Pomona Mayor Elliott
Rothman and Alhambra Councilwoman Barbara Messina.
EL MONTE, Calif.–Montebello Mayor Jack Hadjinian was unanimously
elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alameda
Corridor-East Construction Authority (ACE) at a regular Board meeting
Monday. The seven-member Board oversees the nearly $1.7 billion ACE
program of constructing underpasses, bridges and other safety
improvements at congested and hazardous rail-roadway crossings in
eastern Los Angeles County.
“I appreciate the confidence of my colleagues and I look forward to
leading our efforts as more ACE projects move into construction and
ultimately open to traffic,” said Hadjinian, 37, the first
Armenian-American to serve as mayor of the City of Montebello. “The
ACE rail-roadway grade separations are a transportation priority for
our region and yield important benefits to our communities by
eliminating crossing collisions, silencing train horn noise and
significantly reducing vehicle delays and emissions at crossings.”
First elected to the Montebello City Council in 2011, Hadjinian was
appointed to the ACE Board in 2012.
Unanimously elected to serve as Vice Chair was San Gabriel City
Councilwoman Juli Costanzo, a 12-year member of the San Gabriel City
Council who was appointed to the ACE Board in 2008. “I look forward to
continuing to work closely with ACE as its largest single project, the
San Gabriel Trench, is constructed in the City of San Gabriel,”
Costanzo said.
Elected officials from the cities of El Monte, Industry, Montebello,
San Gabriel, Pomona, the County of Los Angeles and the San Gabriel
Valley Council of Governments serve on the seven-member ACE Board.