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Palm Springs approves AECOM contract to design shade and heat mitigation plan funded by Caltrans grant
Summary
Council approved a professional services agreement with AECOM to develop a shade and heat mitigation plan funded largely by a $400,000 Caltrans Safe Streets grant (11% local match). Staff said the scope focuses on short- and long-term treatments along transit routes to encourage multimodal travel in a hotter desert climate.
The Palm Springs City Council approved a professional services agreement Feb. 25 with AECOM to prepare a shade and heat mitigation plan aimed at encouraging walking, biking and transit use in the desert climate.
"We were awarded $400,000 in grant funding with a required 11% local match," said the sustainability staff member who presented the report (identified in the record as "Flynn"). The grant is part of…
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