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Port Richey council reviews US 19 median landscaping plan, agrees to foxtail palms pending DOT approvals
Summary
Consultants presented a US 19 median design to the Port Richey City Council on April 7; the council discussed Florida visibility-triangle limits on planting heights, weighed palm species, flagged maintenance needs and asked staff to update plans for DOT review and bidding.
Port Richey City Council members on April 7 reviewed a landscape design for the US 19 medians and directed staff to revise plans with foxtail palms for most locations while pursuing Department of Transportation permitting and grant-funded construction. David Flanagan, a landscape architect with Kimley Horn, presented the plan and answered council questions about planting height limits, species choices and maintenance requirements.
The proposal is tied to a grant and would beautify roughly a mile of medians along US 19. Flanagan told the council that DOT as-builts show small stretches where the road’s design speed is 45 mph, allowing taller plantings at the bridge and near Ridge Road, but Florida law and industry practice limit plantings inside billboard visibility triangles…
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