Letter to the Editor: Rio San Gabriel Park needs a walking path

Dear Editor:

Can we please get a paved walking path that goes from the south end of Rio San Gabriel Park (basketball court) to the north end of the park (Pico Vista Rd.)? It can run right in the middle between the two baseball diamonds.

Currently if you want to get from one side of the park to the other side of the park, you have to walk on the grass and get your shoes and pants all muddy. It's also a pain in the butt to ride a bike on the grass.

If that can't be done for whatever reason, can we get a path that surrounds the outer edges of the park similar to what Furman Park has? Rio San Gabriel Park is getting very outdated and needs some updates please.

Also, please tell Downey PD to kick out the fentanyl and meth dealers who hang out under the Firestone Boulevard underpass in the riverbed. There's also another group of gangsters who sell drugs and intimidate cyclists under the Telegraph Road underpass in the San Gabriel Riverbed bike path.

I don't know if that's considered Downey or Santa Fe Springs, but it's annoying either way. It's also disgusting and full of trash and tents. They even put their belongings in the middle of the bike path sometimes which is dangerous for cyclists trying to use the trail.

Rob Mendoza
Downey