Before cutting the ribbon on the Burton Way Green Street and Water Efficient Landscape Project, Mayor Dr. Julian Gold recounted the history of the region’s wastewater system. The new project replaces the grass on the Burton Way median with contemporary sculptures, native plants and technologies to clean and preserve rainwater.
Built in the 1930s by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, it was designed to save farmland that dominated the landscape by funneling stormwater into the ocean, Gold said during the Feb. 28 ceremony at Rexford Mini Park.
