After 23 years of sprawling celebrations, newly elected Mayor Bob Filner said the project to remove cars from Balboa Park’s central Plaza de Panama will shut down part of the park, impacting the annual Earth Day festival.
“There will be scaffolding and construction — someone could get hurt,” Filner said.
A report prepared by the mayor’s staff says the liability is simply too great.
“Earth Day is a very important event in the City of San Diego, and the City is making every effort to accommodate the event and at the same time provide a safe environment for attendees,” Filner said.
Earth Fair organizers said if that is the case they won’t be able to hold the festival.
Organizers from the Earth Fair said they are the ones holding the liability insurance for the festival.
“People can fall down and hurt themselves at any time, and the construction site won’t even be active on the weekends,” said Carolyn Chase.
Early this week, the mayor reconsidered his first decision and met with organizers for a second time. The meeting ended with the mayor saying he would “think about it.”
14 Comments to “Park construction threatens Earth Day”
January 8, 2013 at 6:13 AM
like there is no place else you could set it up if it comes to that?
January 8, 2013 at 9:12 AM
San Diego 's Earth fair is a necessary due to the huge impact it makes in educating San Diegans about how to go green and stay green. I know each year I have attended with my children, they and I have learned one more cool way to live greener…preserve our planet. Consider making Earth Day HAPPEN… its worth it…!
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