trail & bike path BALLONA CREEK higuera street ballona creek to parks gateway connection trail bike path baldwin hills BALLONA CREEK was once a meandering perennial stream that met gateways duquesne avenue scenic overlook gateway the Pacific Ocean in a broad expanse of tidal , salt marshes, and greenways culver city 405fwy . Today, the mostly concrete-lined drains a largely urbanized 0 600’ 1/4mile park watershed of approximately 130 square miles roughly bounded by the Santa city of culver city kenneth hahn Centinela Avenue Gateway Monica Mountains to the north, the 110 Freeway to the east, the Baldwin state recreation overland avenue area gateway Hills to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The Santa Monica city of culver boulevard Mountains Conservancy and Mountains Recreation and Conservation k baldwin hills e e Authority (MRCA) are working together with a broad consortium of federal, r c

a State, and local agencies, cities, and the County of Los Angeles, community- n gateway o l based organizations, and nonprofits to restore the ecological health of the l purdue avenue a b gateway creek, increase habitat, improve and expand open space, optimize water washington boulevard resources in Ballona Creek watershed, and promote connectivity from the slauson avenue gateway Inglewood Boulevard Gateway mar vista , to the Baldwin Hills, , and the lincoln boulevard greenway inglewood boulevard project Santa Monica . gateway

centinela avenue 90 gateway THE EIGHT-MILE BALLONA CREEK TRAIL AND BIKE PATH was milton street originally developed on the maintenance road within the public right-of- project mcConnell avenue way on the north bank of Ballona Creek in the 1970’s. The bike path extends gateway through the cities of Los Angeles and Culver City, and Los Angeles County, marina del rey passing by the Baldwin Hills and the Ballona Wetlands, and connects to the McConnell Avenue Gateway

Coast bike path at its terminus at Playa del Rey. The trail and bike path is ballona wetlands jefferson boulevard 405fwy popular with cyclists, runners, strollers, and skaters. The Conservancy and ek re MRCA are spearheading numerous projects to make the bike path safer and c ballona wetlands na gateway lo more accessible and attractive, while restoring native species, and improving al b habitat quality along the creek. ballona wetlands lax N Sepulveda Boulevard Gateway Inglewood BoulevardGateway—BeforeandAfter MOUNTAINS RECREATION AND CONSERVATION AUTHORITY BALLONA CREEKPROJECTS Great Egret,BallonaWetlands Mar VistaGreenway Centinela Avenue Gateway Rendering byLauraSaltzman The BaldwinHills Photo byBillBeebe nom tdns n vstr aot h ntrl itr o te re, t abundant its creek, the resources, and diversewildlife. of history natural the about visitors and students inform and educate will signs interpretive of series A path. bike the of length entire the on Safety striping and uniform signage will be more attractive and increase public safety RIVER PARKWAYS WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE PROJECT sensitive BallonaWetlands. Improvements will provide immediate and low impact public access to the ecologically BALLONA WETLANDS GATEWAY IMPROVEMENTS and thenaturalsystemsofcreek. habitat restoring and preserving of importance the and resources, water optimizing about students teach will greenway the School, Middle Rey Del Marina from across Bay. Located Monica Santa the into flows and creek the enters it before cleaned be Bike Path. The greenway will be designed so that water that runs off of the streets will CreekTrailBallona and to adjacent greenway water” “clean 1.2-acre of Development PROJECT GREENWAY STREET MILTON Parklands tothePacificOcean. Hills Baldwin the linking trail continuous a create to aims that Playa” to “Park as art. public and features, safety public signage, interpretive gateways, trail to improvements development, trail include will the with Park City project connectivity and Culver access public major This Path. and TrailCreekBike Ballona and Overlook Scenic Hills Baldwin connect will trail A BALLONA CREEK TO PARKS CONNECTION TRAIL enhancing morethanahalfmileofbikepathalongsidethecreek. quality, water improves habitat, restores while youth, neighborhood safety,for public opportunities promotes job creates and project this others, and Restoration Commission, Bay Monica Santa Wetlands, Ballona of Friends Corps, Conservation Baldwin Hills Ridley-Thomas, Mark Supervisor County Angeles Los with partnership A MAR VISTA GREENWAY promote gateways attractive public safetyandenhancesurroundingneighborhoods. The birds. and animals attract and habitat increase to landscaping native and signage, interpretive fountains, drinking benches, gates, artist-designed feature Path Bike TrailCreekand Ballona the to entryways Improved BALLONA CREEKGATEWAYS osrac, iy f o Agls Bloa re Rnisne Ls Angeles Los Renaissance, Creek Ballona Angeles, Los of City Conservancy, This project is part of a regional effort known effort regional a of part is project This H MUTIS ERAIN N CNEVTO ATOIY (MRCA) CONSERVATION AUTHORITY AND RECREATION MOUNTAINS THE THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY of urban,ruralandriverparks,openspace,trails,wildlifehabitatsthatareeasilyaccessibletothegeneralpublic. buy back, preserve, protect, restore, and enhance treasured pieces of Southern to form an interlinking system Through direct action, alliances, partnerships, and joint powers authorities, the Conservancy’s mission is to strategically and itstributaries. River Angeles Los the revitalizing agencies lead the of year.one each is youth It of thousands for programs leadership and education as well as services, ranger and prevention fire operations, construction, park services, planning regional Monica Mountains Conservancy or other agencies. The MRCA provides natural resources and scientific expertise, critical wildlife and trails, habitat. The MRCA manages almost lands, 60,000 acres of public watershed land and parks that parkland, it owns and that urban are owned by the space, Santa open of management and preservation the to dedicated California DepartmentofFishandGame Baldwin HillsRegionalConservation Authority Santa MonicaBayRestorationCommission California Coastal Conservancy California StateParks Baldwin HillsConservancy State ofCalifornia NaturalResourcesAgency Supervisor, SecondDistrict County ofLosAngeles, MarkRidley-Thomas, PARTNER PUBLIC AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS Mountains Recreation andConservancy Authority Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Conservancy Mountains Monica Santa is a State agency established by the California Legislature in 1980. 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