Puente Hills Landfill Park will be Los Angeles County’s first new regional park in 30 years.
Los Angeles County is getting its first new regional park in 30 years. It's all thanks to the Wildlife Conservation Board, which awarded the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation $12.5 million to convert the state's largest landfill - Puente Hills - into s new park. Before it closed in 2013, the 142-acre site located near the 605 Freeway and Highway 60 was once the second-largest landfill in the U.S.
"The Puente Hills Regional Park is the culmination of a decades-long vision to transform the former landfill and its 150 million tons of trash into a public space, a place for nature and wildlife, a place for healing, restoration, and regeneration," said Norma E. Garcia-Gonzalez, director of Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation. "The park will be the outcome of the most robust community engagement process we’ve ever done.
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