Palm Springs Wind Wall Completed
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) - Good news for drivers in Palm Springs. The city announced Wednesday morning on social media that the long awaited Gene Autry Trail Wind Wall is finally completed.
The $2.19 million dollar project was set in motion in April 2025, with the majority of funding coming from Measure A funds, a voter-approved half-cent sales tax for road and transportation improvements.
The wall is 590 feet long and was put up to help mitigate the amount of sand that blows across the busy roadway, near Interstate 10.
The city says it is not a "magic shield" against everything Mother Nature can throw at us, but it does give Palm Springs a smarter, stronger way to handle our very real desert wind and sand challenges.
