Re: A Greener Interstate sytem?

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From: Dyche Anderson
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 00:00

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John Lansford wrote:
> 
> 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.

Michigan also has (at least on a limited basis) a Wildflower Program.  The only place I've
seen it (at least marked) is on M-14 at I-96 in Plymouth, Michigan.  I don't know how long
it has been there, or if they copied from anyone else or not.

Dyche Anderson

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Date: 1999/08/16
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