{"id":607286,"date":"2026-04-26T10:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T10:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/607286\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T10:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T10:46:25","slug":"40-million-stormwater-improvement-project-coming-to-macarthur-park-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/607286\/","title":{"rendered":"$40 million stormwater improvement project coming to MacArthur Park in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">LOS ANGELES (KABC) &#8212; One of Los Angeles&#8217; most iconic parks is getting a major boost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On Wednesday, the city unveiled a $40 million plan to transform MacArthur Park, focusing on cleaner water and a greener future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez said the project will change how the park&#8217;s lake operates, which will move away from drinking water and toward capturing and reusing stormwater.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;It&#8217;s about transforming how we care for this space, capturing, treating, and reusing storm water to improve water quality, reduce pollution and create a cleaner healthier environment for the thousands of families who rely on this park every single day,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">That means less pollution flowing into Ballona Creek and Santa Monica Bay, and less reliance on drinking water. However, it&#8217;s not just about what&#8217;s underground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;This project is not just about water quality, it&#8217;s about what this community is owed,&#8221; said Board of Public Works Commissioner John Grant. &#8220;A cascading water feature, a bridge, trees, educational signage in English and Espa\u00f1ol, a park that looks like it belongs to the people that live here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">City leaders said it builds on more than $27 million already spent to improve safety and community programs the park. Construction is expected to begin this fall.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (KABC) &#8212; One of Los Angeles&#8217; most iconic parks is getting a major boost. On Wednesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[263931,192,79],"class_list":["post-607286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-263931","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}