Local News in Brief : Bid to Move Harbor Plant
Acting on a proposal that could help open the Wilmington waterfront to recreational uses, a Los Angeles City Council committee has urged Port of Los Angeles officials to relocate a waterfront petroleum storage business.
The facility, Wilmington Liquid Bulk Terminals, is in an area south of downtown Wilmington that was identified by a consultant last year as ideal for recreational access to the harbor.
“I really want to find a way to develop that area” for recreation, Councilwoman Joan Milke Flores, who represents the harbor area and heads the three-member Industry and Economic Development Committee, told port officials. “I see it as the only area that has potential for actual waterfront access.”
Wilmington residents for years have decried the lack of public waterfront facilities in the largely industrial area.
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