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>John David Galt wrote:
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>> Scott en Aztlán wrote:
>> > http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/maint/external_survey/
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>> Thanks, I told them congestion is priority 1 and they should stop wasting
>> our gas-tax and car-tax on public transportation that nobody uses and start
>> building more freeways. They've got 30 years of catching up to do.
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>It will be interesting to see how many people regard landscaping as
>Caltrans' most important function. I find it disgusting that it was
>even on the list when there are so many REAL things that need doing.

Landscaping, to a point, is important. It helps control erosion. If you
get too much erosion, the roads could collapse.


>That being said, I recently noticed the beautiful forest they created
>~30 years ago on the banks of the 210 through Pasadena. There are even
>some Moreton Bay fig trees perhaps 6 feet in diameter, which is
>extraordinarily cool. The bad part is that the freeway is raised
>through here, and the only people who can appreciate the plantings are
>the residents of the frontage roads. They'd be a perfect place for kids
>to play if they weren't fenced off with 6' chain link.

Some places do a better job than others at making the roads attractive. The
extra trees also help to offset some of the pollution emitted by all the cars
using the road.
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Alex