SOUTH LOS ANGELES — Newly planted California native trees, shrubs, and ground cover can now be found on transformed landscaped medians along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, adding green spaces and biodiversity to historic South Central.

Caltrans and the city of Los Angeles celebrated the completion of the Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd: Equity amd Connectivity through Greening Project with an opening ceremony and community run hosted by Councilman Curren Price Aug. 2.

The $10.7 million project added and improved medians at seven locations along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, between Figueroa Street and Central Avenue, with native, drought-tolerant landscaping. The project also improved sidewalk and bus stop accessibility along the 1.5-mile corridor.

The improvements were funded in par

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