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Portola Springs Planned Community

Project type

Planned Community

Date

2006

Location

Irvine, CA

TheCommunityofPortolaSprings,locatedontheIrvineRanchinSouthernCaliforniawasnamedafterGaspar
dePortolawhoexploredthelandsofSouthernCaliforniaandoncecampedatthissiteover200yearsago.
PortolaSpringsislocatedatthenorthernmostedgeoftheCityofIrvine.TheCommunitynotonlypridesitself
onit’spictureesquelocationatthebaseofthestrikingLomasRidge,butitalsoservesasagatewaytotheCity
ofIrvine.
The1200acre,4500unitcommunitywasmasterplannedintimatelywiththeCityofIrvineParks,Recreationand
OpenSpaceandPlanningDepartment.SittingatthenortheastcorneroftheCityadjacenttotheIrvineLand
RanchReserveandLimestoneCanyonopenspace,thePortolaSpringscommunitylinksthevastopenspace
northofthetollroadwithCityofIrvine.FollowingtheCityofIrvineGeneralPlan,PortolaSpringshascreateda
networkoftrailsystemsweavingthroughthecommunityallowingwalking,hiking,bikingandequestrianuses.
Theheartofthetrailsystemwithinthecentral100-acreTomatoSpringsopenspaceprovideseducationaland
interpretiveusestyinginthehistoryofOrangeCountyfromthepre-historiclandformsandsealifetothelocal
nativeAmericantribesandexplorerPortola.Thesetrailsystemsweremasterplannedfortheresidentsof
PortolaSprings,CityofIrvineandCountyofOrangetoeducateandpromoterecreationalacitivities.