Alpharetta having 85 trees planted along street
Ruppert Landscape will be paid $138,095 by the city of Alpharetta to plant and water 85 trees in the median and along the sides of Westside Parkway from Gardner Drive to Old Milton Parkway, according to work approved this week by the City Council.
Ruppert, the city’s on-call contractor for landscape installation and construction, also will remove 38 Okame cherry trees and several large holly shrubs from the median due to their poor condition resulting from age, vehicle damage “and overall aesthetic decline,” according to a staff report.
Those plants will be replaced with varieties of oak, hawthorn, holly, hornbeam, bald cypress, plane tree and arborvitae, according to landscape plans prepared by Alpharetta’s Department of Public Works. Ruppert also will install 3,130 linear feet of root barrier to prevent future damage to curbs, gutters and sidewalks.
The trees come with a two-year warranty. To minimize long-term maintenance costs, the turf grass area will be reduced. The city’s urban forestry program manager will be project manager for the undertaking, to be completed by Feb. 28.
