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El Paso expands median maintenance and launches Adopt-a-Street pilot to tackle weeds and litter
Summary
Environmental Services outlined expanded median spraying, cross-department crews, GIS mapping and public transparency tools; council also authorized an Adopt-a-Street pilot to pair volunteer groups with city support (kits, pickup, signage).
City staff told the council on Nov. 18 they have expanded El Paso’s median maintenance operation and will launch a coordinated Adopt-a-Street pilot next year to harness volunteer groups and reduce visual blight.
Nicholas Yvada of Environmental Services described operational changes made this year: purchase of three traffic management attenuators (TMAs) to enable safer herbicide application on major arterials, creation of three weekday herbicide crews plus overtime Saturday crews to target minor arterials, and new supervisory routing that triages medians by weed growth. ES said it is partnering with…
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