A public meeting to give the public an opportunity to comment on San Pedro’s Waterfront Draft Connectivity Plan will be presented from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, at the Harbor Administration Building, 425 S. Palos Verdes St., San Pedro.
The meeting will include a presentation of the plan followed by opportunities to weigh in.
The purpose of the planning document — which is expected to go before the five-member Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners later this year for approval — is to improve transportation connections among various areas and amenities along the waterfront that currently is undergoing significant change with the construction of West Harbor.
Issues include local modes of transportation covering pedestrian, bike, scooter, bus, trolley, and car; and how to connect the waterfront with local and regional communities.
Eric Johnson, president of Jerico Development Inc., a partner on the West Harbor development team, told harbor commissioners earlier this month that the plan would be key as the development moved forward. West Harbor is slated to open in 2025.
“This connectivity plan is important for stitching everything on the waterfront together,” Johnson said,
The goal, supporters said, is to create a destination that will entice people to “park once” and stay.
The plan, Johnson said, “is exceptional. We’ve seen so many pie-in-the-sky plans and this isn’t that, This is a plan that really stitches together” ideas to connect the waterfront to the rest of the community.
Gerdo Aquino, CEO of SWA, the firm selected by the port to create what is now a more than 400-page plan, told harbor commissioners at their Sept. 7 meeting that the document started with looking at how the waterfront is changing.
“What is happening here is extraordinary to many of us,” he said. “West Harbor is an incredible opportunity.” Adding to that, he said, is AltaSea, the USS Iowa and development along the Cabrillo Way Marina.
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