The Army Corps of Engineers released its feasibility study for ecological restoration of a good portion of the LA River between Griffith Park & Lincoln Heights (thus signaling real estate speculators where the next hot markets will be).
Expect even more PR in the coming month about the river, as City, County, State agencies & all manner of organizations wanting a piece of the river pie, trying to get the public to say, "Yes, we want this to happen," so the Federal government will kick in a big chunk of money. So far, I've seen about dozen announcements and press releases that say very little, other than, read a 500+ page report & comment by November 5, 2013 & go to some community meetings in October.
I'm not for or against this, I just want simple information. After 10 years of studying the river you'd think they could give us a 90 day window & some simple 1-page fact sheets.
Word from Friends of the LA River (FoLAR): In the Study, the Army Corps discusses plans 10, 13, 16 & 20. The Corps has tentatively chosen Alternative 13. River advocates are pushing for Alternative 20.
Alternative 13, estimated cost, $453 million: The Eastsider
You can sort through it yourself:
City of Los Angeles, LA River Revitalization
Army Corps of Engineers DRAFT LA River Ecological Restoration Study
