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Council approves 30% Safer Streets designs for Fairway, Cook, Rancho Palmaris and El Dorado

Indian Wells City Council · April 16, 2026
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Summary

After weeks of public debate about lane reductions, sidewalks and drainage, the Indian Wells City Council on April 16 approved 30% design plans for the Safer Streets package, advancing sidewalk, bike/golf-cart lanes and road-diet work with significant grant funding and further right‑of‑way negotiations.

Indian Wells City Council voted April 16 to approve 30% design plans for the Safer Streets project covering Fairway Drive, Cook Street, Rancho Palmaris and El Dorado Drive, moving the multi-million-dollar safety program into the next design phase.

Public Works Director Dina Purvis summarized the engineered layouts, which include a 6-foot meandering sidewalk and 8-foot combined bike/golf-cart lane on Fairway; a road diet on Cook with single lanes and meandering sidewalks; turn pockets and striping adjustments on Rancho Palmaris; and a…

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