Ballona Creek Bikeway Project

This exciting project is intended to transform this segment of the creek and bike path by enhancing the beauty of the creek and providing amenities for recreational users, students, library patrons, and nearby residents. The Project is designed to help restore natural habitat, enhance the creek and bike path environment, and create educational opportunities for users of the bike path. This project is located on the north side of the creek, between Overland Avenue and the pedestrian bridge west of Overland Avenue.

The goal of the first phase of the project was to complete the planning and design activities in time to submit the project for construction funding for the next California River Parkways grant cycle. The grant application was submitted on October 19, 2007. The Proposition 50 grant program is implemented by the California Resource Agency, which may fund river parkway projects that relate to at least two of the following issue areas; recreation; habitat; flood management; conversion to river parkways; and conservation and interpretive enhancements. The City will be relying on the grant to fund complete construction costs of the project. If the State does not approve the grant, the construction of the project will not go forward until another source of complete funding is found. Award of River Parkways Grants are anticipated to be made in June 2008.

Project Location
The project is located along the north side of Ballona Creek, between Overland Avenue and the pedestrian bridge west of Overland Avenue. The project site is bounded on the north by the Julian Dixon County Public Library, and the campuses of Culver City High School, Culver City Middle School, and Farragut Elementary School; on the east by Overland Avenue; on the south by Ballona Creek; and on the west by the westerly extension of the Ballona Creek Bike Path. The project site consists of portions of property that are owned by three government agencies. The Culver City Unified School District owns the area consisting of the embankment along the upslope side of the bike path (between the bike path and the fenced school properties). The County of Los Angeles Public Library owns the area adjacent to the Julian Dixon Library and north of the service roadway to the creek channel/bike path. The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works owns the area of the creek channel and bike path.


Preliminary Conceptual Design

Planning and Community Outreach Process

Project Timeline

Project Partners
Concurrent with the project design process, City staff and the Design Team have been working closely with the Culver City Unified School District, County of Los Angeles Public Library and County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works. The Culver City Police Department has also been conducting the safety and security review of the existing facilities and the design concepts and participating in the planning, community outreach and design processes. These agencies were represented by:

David El Fattal, Culver City Unified School District - 310/842-4220, ext. 4226
Stephen C. Klein, County of Los Angeles Public Library - (310) 830-0231
Kavita Mahulikar, Los Angeles County Dept of Public Works - (626) 458-3978
Lt. Edward Baughan, Culver City Police Department – (310) 253-6202