By Joe Piasecki
Pasadena Sun
Controversial plans for a new soccer field and other changes to the landscape of Hahamongna Watershed Park may be headed back to the drawing board.
Pasadena officials are putting the brakes on an environmental review of Hahamongna projects after abandoning an unpopular proposal to fill in acres of marshy lowlands subject to seasonal flooding, said city Department of Public Works project manager Loren Pluth.
Pasadena City Council members will decide as early as Oct. 29 whether to start over with a new study of remaining proposals for the 300-acre park above Devil’s Gate Dam.
Work funded by $5.7 million in grant proceeds would include stream restoration, trail repair, a new soccer field adjacent to an existing one on the west side of the park and an expanded parking lot to serve both fields.
