{"id":455315,"date":"2026-09-06T10:28:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T10:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455315\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T10:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T10:28:18","slug":"after-30-years-of-planning-this-8-mile-bike-path-project-is-the-missing-link-in-an-ambitious-51-mile-public-park-plan-tracing-the-los-angeles-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/455315\/","title":{"rendered":"After 30 years of planning, this 8-mile bike path project is the missing link in an ambitious 51-mile public park plan tracing the Los Angeles River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LA-River-Master-Plan-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"LA River and map of LA River Path\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLevi Meir Clancy via Unsplash \/ LA Metro<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Metro\u2019s proposed 8-mile LA River Path is one of the most visible pieces of the larger LA River Master Plan, a 25-year proposal to reimagine the river as a 51-mile \u201cpublic spine\u201d lined with parks, habitat, and cultural spaces. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The LA River Path is a proposed walking and <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/haskell-canyon-bike-park-santa-clarita-now-open\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/haskell-canyon-bike-park-santa-clarita-now-open\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_4\" data-category=\"click_internal\">biking<\/a> route that would close an 8-mile gap through the Elysian Valley and Maywood, connecting the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, environmental review, engineering challenges, and a major funding gap still stand between today\u2019s fragmented trail and a continuous route.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LA-River-Path-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"LA River Path map\" class=\"wp-image-151298\"  \/>Los Angeles Metro<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Metro released its Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the LA River Path in December 2025, held public hearings, and closed the comment period on February 2, 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Board is expected to select a preferred alternative in a public meeting this fall 2026, after which Metro will prepare the Final EIR and start the next phase of planning. Metro\u2019s project page currently lists 2031 as the projected completion date for the initial phase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About $365-$433 million of the LA River Path project is partially funded by Measure M, which voters approved in 2016. However, capital cost estimates are now projected at up to $1.2 billion, contingent on the path\u2019s ultimate design, phased implementation, and potential grants.<\/p>\n<p>The key link in LA\u2019s reimagined river<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposed 8-mile LA River Path would connect existing sections of trail between Elysian Valley and Maywood, resulting in a nearly continuous, 32-mile corridor along the Los Angeles River between the San Fernando Valley and Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As such, the LA River Path is a key component of the LA River Master Plan, a roadmap first introduced in 1996 and majorly updated in 2020. The plan envisions a continuous 51-mile connected public space that simultaneously manages flood risk, strengthens local ecosystems, and promotes river access and equity for communities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more at LA Metro\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metro.net\/projects\/lariverpath\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.metro.net\/projects\/lariverpath\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_5\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">LA River Path project page<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/larivermasterplan.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/larivermasterplan.org\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_6\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">LA River Master Plan website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Levi Meir Clancy via Unsplash \/ LA Metro Metro\u2019s proposed 8-mile LA River Path is one of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-455315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}