Neighborhood Decries LA Ports’ Plan for New Cargo ‘Parking Lot’

Neighborhood Decries LA Ports’ Plan for New Cargo ‘Parking Lot’
Shipping containers wait to be transferred from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Oct. 14, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Jill McLaughlin
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Residents living next to the overloaded Los Angeles and Long Beach ports are not happy about the harbor’s plans to build a new container parking lot in their neighborhood, according to a local official.

Wilmington has taken the brunt of increased truck traffic and containers this year, said Wilmington Neighborhood Council board member Valerie Contreras.

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