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Santa Fe presents designs for water‑wise median makeover, seeks up to $3.8M more
Summary
The city’s parks division and designer Site Southwest unveiled design templates for four gateway medians and said construction could begin in 2026 if additional funds are secured; staff said $1.7 million has been appropriated and preliminary costs push the estimated total to about $5.5 million.
Santa Fe Parks and Open Space and consultant Site Southwest presented design plans and a community‑engagement summary for a median beautification project covering four entrance corridors to the city and asked the governing body to consider funding the next design and implementation steps.
Scott Overly, Parks and Open Space project manager 3, told the City Council the effort targets Airport Road, Cerrillos Road, North St. Francis Drive and Old Pecos Trail and is intended to create “gateway” medians that are safer, lower‑water and lower‑maintenance than existing planting. Overly said the city contracted Sites Southwest after legislative funding and community outreach began in January.
Shasta Meehan, a landscape designer at Site Southwest, walked councilors through preliminary visuals showing landscape walls, pigmented concrete paired with…
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