PRIVATE ROADSIDE MAINTENANCE

More than 1.5 million metro Detroit, Michigan, motorists enjoyed constantly changing wildflowers during the summer of 1997 at three gateway locations in the metropolitan area thanks to privately funded planting and maintenance activities. With the oversight of the Michigan Department of Transportation, Chrysler-Plymouth Superstores signed a 2-year contract to provide the initial planting and maintain approximately 5 acres (2 ha) of roadside at three Detroit area locations.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Page Range: pp 18, 28
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Publication Date: 1997-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • ITE Journal
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
  • ISSN: 0162-8178
  • Serial URL: https://www.ite.org/publications/ite-journal/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Maintenance; Metropolitan areas; Planting; Private enterprise; Privatization; Roadside flora; Roadside improvement; State departments of transportation; Wildflowers
• Geographic Terms: Detroit (Michigan)
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00781740
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 18 2000 12:00AM