Public Hearing on Playa Vista Development
Both The Times and Nelson Rising of Maguire Thomas Partners would have everyone believe that the monstrous Playa Vista project is well-received because there was a lack of opposition to the environmental impact report at a recent public hearing (Times, Dec. 6).
Your article did not mention the fact that anyone wishing to speak against the project at the hearing had to have read the 2,000-page environmental impact report. Most of the residents surrounding the project are working people and do not have the time to do so, and were thus silenced.
Playa Vista will have almost 29,000 residents and employ 20,000 workers a few blocks away from the intersection of Lincoln Boulevard and Washington Street, already the 10th busiest intersection in Los Angeles. Widening Lincoln Boulevard will not be enough to solve the problem, and that widening will cause devastation of the already recession-stressed small businesses along Lincoln.
Playa Vista will be built on unstable swamp land very near the Newport-Inglewood Fault. An earthquake along this fault could cause catastrophic property damage, injuries and deaths within Playa Vista, placing an extreme burden on relief efforts in the area and making recovery from an earthquake take much longer for the surrounding residents and businesses.
Playa Vista will have a horrendous impact on the quality of life for those who live in Venice, Marina del Rey, Mar Vista and Culver City.
FRANCES LONGMIRE
Los Angeles
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