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Planning Commission approves Coast Highway median plantings, asks staff to tighten schedule and maintenance oversight
Summary
Laguna Beach planners approved drought‑tolerant landscaping and rock banding for newly built medians on Coast Highway, asking staff to incorporate public feedback on the plant palette and to minimize lane closures and construction duration.
Alfa Santos, project manager for Public Works, and Evan Lee of SWA Group presented the city’s plan to install drought‑tolerant landscaping and drip irrigation in four Caltrans‑built medians along Coast Highway. Santos said the medians are 6 feet wide with a 4.5‑foot plantable area and that three medians have recycled‑water connections; the project aims to install low‑maintenance plants selected to fit narrow conditions and to avoid blocking driver sightlines. “For your consideration tonight is the city's project to install drought tolerant landscaping and a drip irrigation system in those medians,”…
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