Encinitas will remove concrete benches from the city center

Encinitas will remove all of its U-shaped concrete seating spaces that remain along Coast Highway 101 in downtown due to complaints that they have been filled with garbage and are a “public nuisance.” In a vote of 4 to 1, opposed by Councilman Bruce Ehlers, the City Council decided on Wednesday to demolish the large bench structures and gradually replace them with bike racks and gardening. The part of the project involving demolition and removal…