Off-Road Park Hearing Set Today
The Los Angeles County Off-Highway Vehicle Committee will hold its first public hearing to discuss proposed sites for off-road vehicle parks at 7 p.m. today in Valencia Library, 23743 W. Valencia Blvd.
Dorothea Hoffman, a planner with the county Department of Parks and Recreation, said off-road vehicle enthusiasts have had no place to legally drive their vehicles since Indian Dunes Park in Valencia was closed in March, 1985.
She said the county committee, after spending a year looking for sites for a new off-road vehicle park, found 48 possible locations.
Hoffman said the county has applied for a $297,000 state grant to pay for an off-road vehicle park master plan and for planning two specific parks: a 650-acre site on Briggs Road near the Antelope Valley Freeway and Agua Dulce Canyon, and a 300-acre site in Bee Canyon, which runs parallel to the Antelope Valley Freeway near Canyon Country.
The county also has applied for $4 million in state funds to buy the land at the two sites, she said.
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