Roswell seeks $50K grant for Oxbo landscaping

The Roswell City Council has greenlighted applying for a $50,000 state grant to pay for landscaping at the reconstructed intersection of Atlanta Street (Ga. 9) and Oxbo Road.

The Georgia Department of Transportation 2020 Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council grant program allows awards of up to $50,000 for landscape enhancements to state-owned right-of-way, according to a staff report to the council. No city matching funds are required.

If awarded to the city, the money will go toward landscaping already planned as part of the Atlanta Street/Oxbo Road project, staff said; the expense otherwise would have come out of the city’s TSPLOST fund. The project, in Roswell’s historic district, will eliminate the staggered intersection of Oxbo Road and Oxbo Drive at Atlanta Street.