New Green Parking Lot for the Los Angeles Zoo

The city will plant trees and install a porous pavement and filtration system to capture storm water on this vast surface parking lot. The goal is to reduce the amount of sediment, oil, grease, nutrients, pesticides, viruses, bacteria, and heavy metals that leech to the nearby Los Angeles River. This $11 million project is being funded through Proposition O. Construction is underway and is targeted for completion in 2011. For more information on this project, click here.