Word from City Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell's office (via the Elysian Valley Neighborhood Watch) is the LA River bike path and recreation zone (kayaking & fishing) will reopen in Elysian Valley tomorrow. The 2 1/2 mile recreation zone was shut down since the fire that burned most of the spilled 8500 gallons of gasoline on Saturday.
The Environmental Protection Agency supervised the clean up by a private contractor. Water has been tested downstream and declared clean. Read more: LA Times.
*Update: Like everything involved with the tanker fire, freeway closures/re-openings & LA River, there's a morass of different agencies involved, press releases & emails that have come through my inbox. Due to conflicting information, we had the river re-opening tomorrow, Wed, July17. Apparently, it's already open. When in doubt, rely on The Eastsider.
