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It will be very much like the advertised landscaped islands you see in Spartanburg. Wish more cities would this as it not only beautifies corridors but helps save taxpayers dollars also. A win-win in my book.
True good sir and LOVE to see it, but I just hope it doesn't end up watered-down like it seems Mauldin's streetscaping program is becoming.
Agreed and I will say that Mauldin and Simpsonville need to get on the ball like Travelers Rest did. Still can't believe anybody can call what Simpsonville did to their downtown area an "improvement" project. What exactly did they improve? Doesn't look like they did anything.
As work continues to expand Interstate 385 through the Golden Strip, the city of Mauldin is making plans to spend more than a half-million dollars in federal and city funds to add extensive landscaping along two interchanges that serve as entranceways into the city.
City Council has perused conceptual plans that show dozens of trees and hundreds of shrubs and plants that would line the sides of I-385 at the Butler and Bridges roads interchanges, but the Finance Committee decided to delay voting on the plans for at least a month.
Councilman Larry Goodson said he wanted to take a longer look at the landscape plans because he was unsure that the city was getting its best bang for the buck with designs shown to the council. He said he thought the design might include lighting on the overpass to make a larger impact.
Eubanks told the Finance Committee the city would have some time to decide whether to move forward with the project before the committee voted to table it.
The design plan shown to the council included red bud, crepe myrtle and magnolia trees surrounded by holly, forsythia, juniper and loropetalum mixed with daylilies and daffodils. Landscaping would fill the northbound and southbound sides of the interchanges and may also include planted grass and irrigation.
Agreed and I will say that Mauldin and Simpsonville need to get on the ball like Travelers Rest did. Still can't believe they call what Simpsonville did to their downtown an "improvement" project. What exactly did they improve?
Something like Greenville's East North Street? Nothing. I like to see investments in projects that improve and stimulate something capitalistic.
It will be very much like the advertised landscaped islands you see in Spartanburg. Wish more cities would this as it not only beautifies corridors but helps save taxpayers dollars also. A win-win in my book.
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Doesn't look like they did anything. 
