City to Save Money With New Drought-Tolerant Landscaping

New landscaping along Bollinger Canyon Road will save the city money and beautify San Ramon's busiest roadway.

The city is placing drought-tolerant plants in the Bollinger Canyon Road medians between Ascension and Cobblestone drives. The plants will lower the annual landscaping and water costs for those medians from $36,629 to $22,260, according to the city.

Gallons of water used annually will drop from more than 2.6 million to 1.6 million, the city says.

The width of the medians along that stretch of road will stay the same. And healthy olive trees won't be cut down, the city says.

"The goal of this renovation is to reduce water use and maintenance costs and to improve the appearance of the medians," reads a notice from San Ramon's Public Services Department on the city website.

About $175,000 in Redevelopment Agency funds will pay for the project, which is slated for completion in August or September and covers two acres of now-barren medians.

A wood lot at the corner of Norris Canyon and Bollinger Canyon roads will be used as a construction staging area now through the end of summer.

For more information, contact David Krueger of the Public Services Department at 925-973-2824 or dkrueger@sanramon.ca.gov.