A group of Lincoln Heights residents expressed concerns about a proposed warehouse that would have brought increased truck traffic to an already overburdened area.
Residents in the Los Angeles community of Lincoln Heights banded together to stop a proposed warehouse project that would have brought large amounts of traffic through a residential neighborhood.
As Jim Newton explains in CALmatters, the project is “adjacent to a school, and it’s right in the middle of a community that’s already overburdened. The residents of Lincoln Heights carry more than their share of the pollution and inconvenience that modern society extracts in return for commerce.”
City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, who represents the area, says the developer
failed to secure the necessary permits. “If they intend to go forward with the warehouse, they will need to hold public hearings and address the neighborhood’s concerns.”
Ultimately, the project could still go forward, but there will be a lot more checks in place to ensure community concerns are heard. “For now, Lincoln Heights gets a reprieve, as well as a mobilized set of residents and a council member committed to looking out for them.”
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