Supes back privately funded Balboa Park makeover (San Diego)

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1. union-trib article with environmental impact report

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/may/03/plaza-de-panama-plan-endorsed-balboa-park-committe/

Plaza de Panama plan endorsed by Balboa Park Committee
Clearing cars out of center, adding bypass bridge now go to Park and Recreation Board

(Updated with link to final environmental impact report.)

The Balboa Park Committee voted 7-4 Thursday to approve the $40 million Plaza de Panama plan to remove cars and parking from the middle of the park.

The committee acted after a nearly three-hour meeting, during which supporters and opponents were almost evenly divided over many details, particularly the idea of adding a bypass bridge off the Cabrillo Bridge on the western side to divert traffic toward an 800-car garage south of the Spreckels Organ Pavilion.

The plan now goes to the Historic Resources Board, Park and Recreation Board and Planning Commission before final action by the City Council in July. The commission had held a workshop on the plan earlier Thursday but took no action.

Thefinal environmental impact report is expected to be posted at 5 p.m. Friday (May 4) on the Historic Resources Board's web site for consideration at its next meeting, scheduled May 18.

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