Students Will Grow Trees to Be Put Along Blue Line
As part of a class on environmental education, students from four elementary schools in South-Central and East Los Angeles will grow 3,000 tree seedlings that will later be planted along the route of the Metro Blue Line.
The California Transportation Commission will pay for the $35,000 project. The money comes from the State Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Grant Program, which awards $10 million a year for environmental enhancements related to transportation projects.
“The primary purpose of the project is to educate schoolchildren in taking care of the environment,” said Long Beach City Councilman Ray Grabinski, chairman of the county Transportation Commission.
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