Trails in the Santa Monicas receive a funding boost

Lindero, Topanga, Cold Creek among those that are marked



Open-space acquisition grant funding in the amount of $2.32 million has been approved for Santa Monica Mountains trail projects, according to Zev Yaroslavsky, chairman of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

The money will help purchase six parcels of open space in the Santa Monica Mountains to expand the county’s hiking and equestrian trail system.

The money comes from competitive grant awards under the Natural Land for Trails program funded through Proposition A, a park and openspace measure approved by county voters in 1996.

The projects include:

Lindero Creek: $200,000 from Proposition A to the city of Agoura Hills completes funding for a $1.9 million package to purchase 18 acres for city park with hiking trail.

Upper Topanga Canyon Trail Connection: $320,000 from Proposition A to the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority completes funding for a $425,000 package to purchase eight acres for a trail connection between Summit to Summit at Henry Ridge Motorway.

Cold Creek Trail: $300,000 from Proposition A to the county of Los Angeles Parks and Recreation Department completes funding for a $400,000 package to purchase 266 acres for trail development in the Cold Creek Preserve Area, owned by the county and managed by the Mountains Restoration Trust.

Cold Creek High Trail: $500,000 from Proposition A to the Mountains Restoration Trust for the purchase of the 99-acre Ty Sisson property as part of the remaining 145 acres identified for open space and trail acquisition for the Cold Creek Restoration Plan, encompassing 520 acres.

Upper Solstice Canyon- Solstice Canyon Trail: $500,000 from Proposition A to the National Park Service completes funding for a $1.6 million package to purchase 80 acres considered a “critical acquisition” in the Upper Solstice Canyon.

Corral Canyon: $500,000 from Proposition A to the Trust for Public Land toward the funding of a $4 million project to purchase 199 acres in Corral Canyon adjacent to Malibu Creek State Park, surrounded on three sides by public property.

For more information, visit openspacedistrict.lacounty.info.


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