Plans to convert a transmission line right-of-way in Florence-Firestone into a public park moves one step closer to reality, following a vote taken by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

On January 21, the board voted to allocate an additional $1.6 million in funding to the 92nd Street Linear Park Project, which would convert space below power lines between Graham Avenue and Fir Avenue into public open space. The money comes from excess funds available to the Second Supervisorial District, and supplements $7.8 million in California State Proposition 68 money, $334,000 in Measure A funds, and $1 million from the Rivers and Mountains Conservancy. The total cost of the project is $10.8 million.

The park, per a landing page on the California State Parks website, will include walking paths, three half basketball courts, a multi-purpose sports field, four playgrounds, shade structures, exercise equipment, an outdoor performance stage, public art, a community garden, fencing, landscaping, and lighting. The stretch between Graham and Fir accounts for approximately five acres of land.

Park space on the transmission line corridor will dead end on the west at the right-of-way of Metro's A Line, which has a station a few blocks to the north at Firestone Boulevard.

While the two parks will not connect, Los Angeles County is not the first government entity to make use of the 92nd Street transmission right-of-way for park space. The nearby City of South Gate has also used the corridor to create a linear park between Alameda Street and Long Beach Boulevard.

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