Surrounding Cities

- Good planning always involves good listening

The Aera Master Planned Community is located adjacent to the communities of Diamond Bar, Rowland Heights, La Habra Heights, Brea and La Habra. (View location map). The large number of stakeholders in the plan led Aera to conduct a tremendous amount of initial public outreach to gain feedback from our neighbors. This feedback helped to shape many aspects of the plan’s design, including:

Trails will connect to existing regional trails Aera is working to design the community’s trail system so that it connects with existing regional trails. The trail connections were requested by our neighbors.

Impacts on Harbor Blvd. will be minimal Aera eliminated a planned road connection from the SR-57 freeway to Harbor Blvd. to dramatically reduce the amount of project related traffic impacts on Harbor Blvd to only 75 homes. The change also enhances the functionality of the project’s contribution to a regional wildlife corridor.

Berry St. to Harbor Blvd. road eliminated Aera removed a planned road from Berry St. to Harbor Blvd. in response to feedback from our neighbors in Brea. The change eliminates the potential for cut-through traffic.

No public roads to Pathfinder Rd. Aera’s plan will not include a public access road through the property to Pathfinder Rd. This request was made early in the planning process by residents of Rowland Heights.

Visual continuity with neighbors Compatible densities with surrounding communities, along with landscape and open space buffers, will create visual continuity with neighbors. 

Wildlife corridor included in the plan’s design The project was designed to incorporate a wildlife movement corridor through the property from the earliest stages of planning and in response to feedback from our neighbors.  Recognizing that animals can safely cross under Harbor Blvd. and the SR-57 freeway only at one location on each road, the plan’s design sets aside about 700 acres (of the project’s 1,670 acres of preserved open space) to allow unimpeded passage between these locations that lead to adjacent open space preserves.

Protecting the SR-57 freeway view corridor The vast majority of Aera's property along the SR-57 freeway will remain unbuilt, largely protecting this view corridor as it transitions between Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

Sports park included in the plan A new state-of-the art sports park with a variety of athletic fields has long been a goal of the City of Diamond Bar and Aera is committed to working the City to achieve this important goal. 

Reclaimed water could be used for irrigation Aera worked with the Rowland Water District (RWD) to develop plans for the extension of reclaimed water supplies within the planned community for irrigating the proposed golf course, parks and landscaped areas – reducing demand for drinkable water by an estimated 30 percent.  By extending the infrastructure to the new community and providing an "anchor" customer for recycled water, the Aera Community significantly enhances RWD's opportunity to extend system infrastructure and provide recycled water to other prospective customers in the area, conserving more regional supplies.  Drought-tolerant landscaping would also be incorporated throughout the community and homes will be outfitted with water-conserving fixtures.

If you have a question about how the Aera community could benefit your city or how Aera plans to resolve potential impacts, please Contact Us, or visit the Areas of Study page.