Officials Table Proposal for $10-Million Academy
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A proposed sports academy for low-income youths at the Hansen Dam Recreation Center has been scrapped at least temporarily and a popular swimming lake at the site is unavailable because it needs repairs, authorities said Monday.
Major League Baseball officials halted plans to build a $10-million sports academy for low-income kids after Southern California Edison expressed concerns about the proposed project site.
Edison and baseball officials objected to the project because of possible exposure to power lines.
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