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Martin County CRA reviews final Rio Civic Center concept and Dixie Highway streetscape, public input favors traffic calming and shade
Summary
Marlin Engineering presented final concepts for a redesigned Rio Civic Center and a Dixie Highway streetscape plan that prioritize a larger civic building, pedestrian access, and traffic calming; residents urged 25 mph limits and environmental protections.
Marlin Engineering and its design partner presented final concepts for the Rio Civic Center master plan and the Dixie Highway streetscape to the Martin County Community Redevelopment Agency on Feb. 23, 2026. The plan pairs a larger civic building and plaza-style plaza space with multimodal improvements on Dixie Highway aimed at slowing traffic and improving pedestrian safety.
The presenter, Christina Fuhrman, said the Civic Center parcel study area includes existing civic uses and adjacent County-owned parcels. She described a preferred site layout that would increase the civic building’s footprint to roughly "just under 8,000 square feet," add a wrap-around porch and sheltered pavilion, and create a convertible paved plaza that can close for farmers markets and events. "We are doing this in conjunction with the streetscape…
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