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"SP Cook" <PACEFSC@prodigy.net> wrote:

>
>Dino Hill <Galvatron3@acd.net> wrote in message
>> 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".
>>
>My state came up with a "Naturalized Area" program.  Under it the DOH puts
>up brown "Naturalized Area" signs and doesn't cut the grass or clip the
>trees and such.  Looks like what it is, an undermaintained ROW overgrown
>with weeds.
>
>I disagree with premise for 2 reason.
>
>1) what could be more beautiful than a interstate in the first place?

An interstate that has lots of wildflowers blooming along it in the
medians and outside recovery areas, or trees growing right up to the
recovery zone.

>2) the idea that environmental extremists can (or should) be appeased is
>just wrong.  If all government wanted to do was A there will always be an
>extremist saying do A - 1.  If they wanted to do A -1 the extremist would be
>for A - 2.

NCDOT doesn't plant flowers and trees due to environmentalist'
concerns. We do it because the public likes it, the areas of
maintenance are reduced, and because it looks nice.

John Lansford, PE



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