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ENOUGH WATER TO SAVE
6.5 MILLION PEOPLE FOR ONE
FULL YEAR.
WELL, FLOOD CONTROL
BARRIERS THAT FLOCKED ACCESS
TO HIKERS, BICYCLISTS, A AND
ARE COMING BACK.
PAUL: YEAH, WHY THEY'RE MOVING
THE $3 MILLION WALLS FROM THE
L.A. RIVER.
SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW
HOW MUCH SOMETHING MEANS TO
YOU UNTIL IT'S SUDDENLY TAKEN
AWAY.
CASE AND POINT.
THIS RIBBON OF CONCRETE THAT
STRETCHES ACROSS THE L.A.
RIVER.
IT'S WONDERFUL.
IT'S GREAT FOR THE HORSES.
UP UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO,
THIS IS WHERE THEY WOULD CROSS
THE RIVER.
BUT IN JANUARY THE ARM CORE OF
ENGINEERS INSTALLED THESE
BARRIERS ACROSS THE RIVER JUST
IN CASE A EL NIÑO WINTER
CAUSED THE FLOODWATER TO
OVERRUN ITS BANKS.
AND NOW THAT THE EL NIÑO
THREAT IS OVER, SOME OF THE
BARRIERS ARE COMING DOWN.
ENOUGH TO OPEN UP THIS
PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND THE BIKE
LANE ALONG THE WEST BANK OF
THE L.A. RIVER NORTH.
AND ENOUGH TO GIVE ACCESS
HIKERS AND HORSEBACK RIDERS TO
CROSS THE RIV.
YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE
BEAUTIFUL RIVER AND THERE'S A
LOT OF WILDLIFE, A LOT OF
BIRDS, BEAUTIFUL BIRDS THAT
ARE IN THERE.
AND HORSEBACK RIDERS,
BRINGING THE BARRIERS DOWN
MEANS FREEDOM TO GUIDE HER
HORSE OVER THE RIVER TO THE
ENDLESS TRAILS IN GRIFFITH
PARK.
I CAN'T WAIT.
THAT IS FANTASTIC.
AND STABLE OW ELANE
BROCK.
IT IS AMAZING.
THE BARRIERS COST THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MORE THAN #
MILLION DOLLARS.
IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY
DON'T THEY LEAVE THEM HERE AND
WAIT FOR THE NEXT EL NIÑO
WINTER, THE ARMY CORE OF
ENGINEERS SAYS THEY WERE TO BE
TEMPORARY.
AND IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE THEM
HERE PERMANENT, THEY COST TOO
MUCH TO MAINTAIN.
WHICH SUITS JUST FINE.
I'M READY.
REALLY READY.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S HOT.
THE BARRIERS WILL START
COMING DOWN THIS THURSDAY.