Some canine house owners are attempting to face off with the town of Los Angeles over a plan to build a brand new bike path and fence within the Sepulveda Basin proper subsequent to the canine park.
Locals say they don’t seem to be too happy about these concepts as a result of it’s going to minimize into their beloved canine park.
They say one answer is to alter the bike path over to the south aspect of the L.A. River.
They say the land and baseball fields there are empty.
“Why minimize into what’s already getting used when there’s an alternate?” stated canine proprietor Juan Carrillo. “It appears to me by not utilizing it, you are simply telling everybody, “You know what? Your opinion would not matter.'”
Dog house owners on the park inform Eyewitness News they are not huge followers of the brand new bike path as a result of their dogs are afraid of bicycles and bike paths exist already close by.
“My canine, personally, they do not like skateboards. They don’t love bikes. They have had unhealthy experiences prior to now, so they’re triggered and it does scare them,” stated canine proprietor Leslie Robledo.
The Bureau of Engineering says their study discovered that it isn’t technically possible to place the bike path on the south aspect as a result of the house subsequent to the river narrows and ends in two baseball fields.
Some canine house owners have signed a petition opposing the $58 million Los Angeles River Valley Bikeway & Greenway Project, and so they’re making an attempt to get the eye of L.A. City Council member Imelda Padilla.
The challenge was within the works earlier than Padilla joined L.A. City Council. An announcement from her says partially:
“My precedence as Councilmember is to search out consensus amongst all teams. That’s why I launched a movement to look into how we are able to greatest transfer ahead on this proposed bike path and guarantee our beloved Sepulveda Basin off-leash canine park is protected. Our group has been working very laborious on this, and my objective is to land on a plan that could be a win for everybody.”
Dog house owners are hoping their voices are heard and the plan for the bike path will finally be modified.
“I do not assume it’s a necessity. Put it elsewhere,” Carrillo stated. “There’s so many individuals who depend upon this specific canine park only for piece of thoughts.”
