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Bob Hope's Cheeseboro Reservoir to be Demolished
The Cheeseboro Reservoir, capable of holding four million gallons of water, and a pump station at Palo Comado Canyon will be removed during April and May.
The removal of a reservoir and a pump station will close trails in Cheeseboro and Palo Comado Canyons intermittently in April and May.
The closures will be limited to weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Triunfo Sanitation District (TSD) will be removing the Palo Comado Pump Station and the Cheeseboro Reservoir, according to Kate Kuykendall, public affairs officer for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
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Both were built in 1959 at the request of comedian Bob Hope, who had hoped to build thousands of homes in the area, Kuykendall said.
"Large trucks will be hauling salvaged materials along both the Palo Comado and Cheeseboro Canyon trails to recycling centers," Kuykendall said. "For their safety, visitors are asked to refrain from using these trails when posted as closed."
Entrance to trails from Cheeseboro Canyon, Doubletree and Smoketree trailheads will be periodically closed. The China Flat trailhead and trailheads for Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve will remain open.
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