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The Exposition Right of Way (ROW) between Motor Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard in West Los Angeles is a fallow strip of land holding exciting opportunities.

FEBRUARY 2010 UPDATE

On February 4, 2010, the Expo Board voted to conduct preliminary engineering of both parking and no-parking options at the Westwood station. Later, the Board will choose one option.

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Conservation: the ROW provides a place to clean Ballona Creek, as required by a 1999 consent decree with the EPA. Ballona Creek’s “tributaries” (storm drains carrying Stone Canyon Creek, urban runoff and storm water) cross the ROW, where they can be filtered while irrigating and replenishing groundwater. On November 18, 2009, the Los Angeles City Council included the Expo Greenway as one of its concepts for complying with the EPA consent decree. “Structural Best Management Practices” would include bioswales, native tree planting, and porous pavement. The no-parking option could help save federal funding and avoid fines for Los Angeles and surrounding cities by cleaning Ballona Creek.

Recreation: the ROW has ample space for recreation. Bicycle and walking paths are approved and funded between Palms Park (with Palms Child Care Center, Palms Recreation Center, and the Palms-Rancho Park Library) westward to Sepulveda Boulevard. The no-parking option could provide a park for this critically underserved community.

Education: the park would include native plants, butterflies and birds, and provide a rich outdoor education laboratory for Overland Elementary School and others. Under the preliminary plan approved by the Los Angeles City Council, Expo Greenway would host an outdoor classroom. The no-parking option would leave space to teach people how to conserve water and reduce pollution.

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Transportation: On February 4, 2010, the Expo Board of Directors certified the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for Expo Phase 2, the extension of the Expo Light Rail Line from Culver City to Santa Monica. As a result of the Board's approval, engineering and design work will commence and elements of construction may begin in late 2010. Operation of Phase 2 is projected to begin in 2015. The no-parking option would direct people less than a half mile west to park at the Sepulveda station, which serves the same area.

EXPO GREENWAY!

Together, we can CREATE Expo GREENWay!