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Tomorrow, the Expo Construction Authority Board of Directors will hear a motion by Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz requiring "the CEO and staff to work collaboratively with the City of Los Angeles to ensure that the landscaping of the two projects (the Expo Greenway and the landscaping for the Expo Line) compliment each other..."

(On Tuesday night, an email from our friend Jonathan Weiss appeared in the Streetsblog inbox celebrating what appears to be a successful conclusion to the Expo Greenway proposal to create an environmentally friendly water garden.  Weiss's email can be found below.  For more Streetsblog coverage of the Greenway, click here.  For more coverage of this week's announcement, visit Rancho Park Online. - DN)

On Thursday March 7th, the Expo Construction Authority Board of Directors approved $89,000 for the first step in what would be the "Expo Greenway" (Greenway) project near the Westwood Station of the Expo Line. The Expo Greenway project would transform the area between Westwood Boulevard and Overland Avenue adjacent to the future bikeway and rail project into a sustainable urban greenway that would provide a corridor of native species, a stretch of open space, and a place where rainwater is sustainably moved back to the ground.

A rendering of the Proposed Greenway

Santa Monica's 700-foot long 20th Street bike/walk project isn't long or expensive, but it is very strategic. The facility is expected to open March 2024.

The two-acre site, straddling the Metro E Line, cleanses urban runoff before it flows into the Santa Monica Bay

...if they ever finish it.

Behind the May 20 opening of the Expo Line to Santa Monica lies the untold story of dozens of dedicated volunteers who worked for decades to make this line happen.

When Metro's 6.6-mile Expo Line opens in mid-2016, the parallel Expo bikeway will open too.

I am City Councilmember Paul Koretz’ appointee to the City of Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC).