LA lays out vision for Sepulveda Basin; includes LA River restoration

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Did you know the Sepulveda Basin located in the middle of the San Fernando Valley is 2,000 acres? That's 2.5 times the size of Central Park in New York City. Pure, green space available to the public.

California Senator Henry Stern presented a check for $2.5 million to kick things off with more funds needed.

"When I look at this river and I look at just basic, concrete drainage ditch, I think, 'We can do better than this,'" he said. "When you're playing on asphalt, it's a lot hotter than when you're playing on the grass. It's just the basics that we could cool off the Valley if we broke up more concrete and asphalt and it got it back to what nature can do for us, which is be a tree and give us shade and recycle our water."

A focus of the vision plan and some of the projects that could begin within a year center on the 3 miles of the Los Angeles River that pass through the Sepulveda Basin. There's a bike path, but it doesn't connect together. There's also recreation along the river, but it's limited.

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