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Port Richey council tables US 19 median landscaping after debate over palms, maintenance and FDOT limits
Summary
Councilors paused a FDOT-funded US 19 median landscaping plan after a lengthy debate over removing existing palms, long-term maintenance and FDOT design-speed limits; staff will request a grant extension and hold a public workshop before returning with revised options.
City of Port Richey councilors voted Tuesday to table a proposed FDOT-funded landscaping design for the medians of U.S. 19 after widespread concern that the draft plan would remove existing palm trees, create maintenance burdens and conflict with FDOT design-speed restrictions.
The plan, presented by David Flanagan of Kimley Horn, would plant low-lying, drought- and salt-tolerant shrubs and groundcovers from Ridge Road south to the bridge and add limited rock hardscape. Flanagan said FDOT design-speed requirements for the roadway — a 50-mile-per-hour design speed even…
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