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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Santa Fe Byway revitalization is complete, and assemblage members are invited to acquisition the caller and improved tract during the upcoming ribbon-cutting ceremony.
According to officials the byway, which runs betwixt Henderson and Walnut avenues on the aged Santa Fe Railway successful Porterville, was enhanced to beryllium much accommodating and environmentally friendly. Drought-tolerant landscaping and star lighting were installed. There are besides caller drinking fountains and garbage receptacles.
The revitalization besides includes respective caller progressive features, including covered playground instrumentality and covered outdoor fittingness equipment. There is besides a caller designated parkland and locomotion country northbound of Morton Avenue.
Two nationalist creation pieces that wage tribute to the agelong past of the Yokuts radical successful the Porterville country were besides installed. The stainless alloy and CorTen kinetic sculptures were created by Adrian Litman Art and Design.
Although the revitalization received backing from the Clean California Grant, the City of Porterville says the task was a assemblage effort.
Porterville Unified School District students helped plan and instrumentality a assemblage survey to facilitate outreach to bring consciousness to the trail. Interns from the Academy of Engineering and the Multi-Media and Technology Academy besides worked to behaviour outreach connected the wellness benefits of the way and plan signs.
The ribbon-cutting ceremonial for the revitalized byway volition beryllium held connected Oct. 2 astatine 9 a.m. astatine the Santa Fe Byway Trail connected Walnut Avenue, eastbound of A Street astatine the caller picnic pavilion.
