The state budget has committed $2.5 million to the project. But that's just one step in a long process.
But our city's relationship with mulch walls has been much shorter. About a decade ago,” was built and funded by the City of Long Beach.The Atwater Village Neighborhood Council has been trying to put up its own version — between the 5 freeway and the LA River Bike Path near Los Feliz Blvd. — for just as long.
"I kept going with it and talked to different politicians and their staffs about it and made my presentation," said River Committee member Jim Muller."Sen. Anthony Portantino loved the idea [and he] was able to get it done."Securing the funding is just one step. In LA County, both LA Metro and the California Department of Transportation are involved in the counstruction of freeway sound barriers.
For the Atwater project,"Caltrans would have to approve the design of the sound wall and ensure that it meets state and federal requirements to reduce freeway noise," says Patrick Chandler, a communications manager at LA Metro."The freeway and adjacent landscape are owned by Caltrans."— the non-mulchy kind — that still need to be built, it could be any number of years before a “living” one comes to Atwater Village.
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