California Construction News staff writer
A proposed veterans and general cemetery in east Anaheim was approved by Anaheim’s Planning Commission and could get the go ahead from city council on July 23.
Known as the Gypsum Canyon Cemetery Project, the proposal calls for a 238-acre cemetery in the open space of east Anaheim alongside the Riverside (91) Freeway and just east of the 241 toll road.
The Orange County Cemetery District, which manages the Anaheim Cemetery and others across the county, is applying for the project.
The proposal includes a veterans cemetery on 157 acres and a general public cemetery on 126 acres, which would be operated by the California Department of Veterans Affairs, or CalVet.
Development would happen over decades and be Orange County’s first veterans’ cemetery. Currently, the closest veterans cemeteries are the Riverside National Cemetery, Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego and Los Angeles National Cemetery.
Phase one of development for the public cemetery will include development of utility infrastructure, bridge crossings and vehicular site circulation, administrative buildings, maintenance building/area, and first phase interment areas.
The Planning Commission approved updates to zoning and planning documents and an addendum to a prior environmental analysis for the area, which was once considered for a housing development known as Mountain Park.
