🚀 go-pugleaf

"Dino Hill" <Galvatron3@acd.net> wrote:

>Maybe by planting trees and landscaping in metro and rural areas would
>slightly ease the "environmentalist concerns" on interstates????  LIke
>Atlanta!  Does anyone know of any similiar projects that have happened in
>metro areas to "beautify our interstates".
>
Landscaping is always included in interstate projects, especially the
urban ones where the formula is  higher than on rural projects. As
long as the trees remain outside the clear recovery zone for the
highway, I would love to see slopes and wide areas reforested. 

Of course, NCDOT also has a popular and successful Wildflower Program,
where we plant native wildflowers in open areas along the interstates
and other freeways. I've even heard some surrounding states (VA, SC
and GA for example) copied us when they began their programs.

John Lansford, PE

The unofficial I-26 Construction Webpage:
http://users.vnet.net/lansford/a10/