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LANDSCAPE PRESENTATION BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR SW KANNER HIGHWAY FROM I-95 TO SW MONTEREY ROAD
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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On August 13, 2019, the Martin County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) directed staff to request a presentation by the Department of Transportation (DOT) regarding the proposed landscaping on SW Kanner Highway from I-95 to SW Monterey Road. They asked that DOT provide a presentation to the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Board first then again to the BOCC. The presentation to the MPO Board is scheduled for December 9, 2019.
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PREPARED BY: Name: Jim Gorton,
Title: Public Works Deputy Director
REQUESTED BY: Martin County Board of County Commissioners
PRESET: 10:30 AM
PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
On August 13, 2019, the Board directed staff to request a presentation by the Department of Transportation (DOT) regarding the proposed landscaping on SW Kanner Highway from I-95 to SW Monterey Road. Rob Cotleur from Cotleur & Hearing Landscape Company is the landscape architect for this project and will provide an overview of the design elements. Mr. Cotleur and his staff incorporate Florida Friendly and native plants into their designs and are acutely aware of what plants do well in medians and along roadways in our region. His team also designed the landscape palette on US1 in Hobe Sound and the award-winning landscaping associated with the Veteran's Memorial bridge. The landscape design for this project is limited to a gateway feature near the I-95 interchange.
DOT's budget for the landscaping portion of this project is $382,029.46, which is not enough to provide landscaping for the entire corridor. DOT identified three options to expend the limited funds within the project area. The options included (1) installation of irrigation only in all the medians of the project with no lan...
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