The side of the road

Few programs have been so successful over the last couple of decades then the planting of wildflowers next to interstates.  Who doesn't like that?  It's freaking awesome.

Similarly, planting more trees in the middle of separated multilane highways is just a straight up good thing. The flowers and trees in the median on 15-501 headed around the south side of Chapel Hill really changes the road immeasurably for the better.

Which raises the question:  why does it take so long for some places to do it?  On the downslope of 15-501 headed up to where Darryl's used to be back in the day, there are some scrawny saplings that were recently put there.  In time, they too should be awesome.  Who knows, maybe the form an itsy-bitsy carbon sink and will actually do some air cleaning good.

But why did it take until 2013 for somebody to get the idea to put them there?

Now, I am sure it's not so simple as just planting them. I'm sure there are drainage and run-off concerns, etc.  And maybe the root systems could be a cause for concern over time. Maybe. But I doubt it's a big deal.

There are lots of roads that could use trees like that.  Somebody's just got to pull the trigger and plant the little guys. I think that it is literally all good.