Whittier Narrows Equestrian Center Refurbishment Project

Whittier Narrows Equestrian Center Refurbishment Project

The Whittier Narrows Equestrian Center is an existing equestrian center, located in Los Angeles County along the San Gabriel River. The project site measures approx 20 acres and is bound by Rooks Road to the southeast, Peck Rd to the east, the San Gabriel River to the northwest, and Pico Rivera Bicentennial Park to the southwest. The equestrian center provides access to riding trails, including part of the Juan Bautista De Anza National Historic Trail. The equestrian center is characterized by large open areas, clusters of buildings, rows of ornamental trees, and scattered non-native individual trees. The Whittier Narrows Equestrian Center has seven existing barns with 200 horse stalls, four arenas, and five round pens, dry material storage area, a restroom, security lighting, and utility service. The existing facilities at the equestrian center are outdated and have several flooding and stormwater pollution issues. There are several low spots in the center of the project site, particularly near the horse stables, that pool water during storm events. Stormwater runoff from the project site, which is often polluted from the equestrian uses on the site, eventually flow into the San Gabriel River and other sensitive habitats downstream. The Whittier Narrows Equestrian Center Refurbishment project would provide updated and improved equestrian facilities for horse boarders and the general public and alleviate on-site and downstream flooding and stormwater pollution issues.

Whittier

Los Angeles

Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), Department of Toxic Substances Control

California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), Department of Toxic Substances Control

Recreational (refurbish 20-acre equestrian center)

Site Plan

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire