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Indio highlights Shadow Walk public-art project funded by Caltrans grant amid mixed reaction from businesses
Summary
City staff and artists presented Shadow Walk, a state-funded public-art and corridor-improvement project on Jackson Street that uses student artwork in its shade panels. The City said the work is funded primarily by a Caltrans Clean California local grant; some nearby businesses raised concerns about signage visibility and outreach.
The City of Indio presented Shadow Walk, a public-art and corridor-improvement project for Jackson Street funded by a Caltrans Clean California local grant, and defended the installation after some businesses complained it had obscured signs and limited visibility.
City principal civil engineer Don Dueno told the council the city received $4.5 million in state funds through Caltrans’ Clean California Local Grant Program that paid for sidewalks, shade structures, clean-ups and other corridor improvements. Dueno said roughly $2.6 million of the grant paid for the shade shelters and that an earlier figure of about $860,000 paid for sidewalk gap closure and ADA ramps; other utility relocation costs were not included in that sidewalk figure.
"Shadow Walk is a public art and beautification project," Dueno said. "This area between Kenner Avenue and Avenue 45 on Jackson Street…
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