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Construction Begins On Storm Drains
A plan to stop up to 400 tons of trash and debris from coming down the Los Angeles River to Long Beach each year has moved into construction phase. Last week, a $5 million contract was signed with Steve Bubalo Construction Company to install 12,000 debris capture devices in storm drains of 16 cities along the river. The contact is through the Los Angeles Gateway Region Integrated Water Management Joint Powers Authority, with the money coming from the federal American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. The work, which could start by the end of the month, will put full-capture systems on drains in all the publicly-held catch basins in the Gateway Cities district. Those are Long Beach, Signal Hill, Bell, Bell Gardens, Commerce, Compton, Cudahy, Downey, Huntington Park, Lynwood, Maywood, Montebello, Paramount, Pico Rivera, South Gate and Vernon. Continue reading Uptown Gazette.