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Bountiful City council signals preference for low‑maintenance landscaping at I‑15 interchange
Summary
City Engineer Lloyd Cheney briefed the council on three landscaping concepts for the I‑15 interchange at Fifth South; council members favored Option 2 (decorative rock) to balance aesthetics, cost and maintenance and asked staff to convey that preference to neighboring cities and UDOT.
City Engineer Lloyd Cheney told the Bountiful City Council at its Oct. 28 work session that Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is preparing to reconstruct I‑15 and will soon release a request for proposals for contractors, with construction likely beginning next year. Cheney presented three landscaping concepts for the Fifth South interchange and asked the council for a preference to guide intercity coordination and UDOT negotiations.
The council was asked to consider whether Bountiful should accept UDOT’s default treatment—a native seed mix with no irrigation and only occasional mowing—or contribute funding and maintenance for enhanced streetscape elements. Cheney said UDOT will allocate $100,000 per interchange toward landscaping but that amount would not cover irrigation or ornamental plantings. "Any enhancements or betterments … they like to have the cities help fund those and, more importantly, maintain," Cheney said.
The staff report included cost estimates based on UDOT unit prices. UDOT’s estimate for a plain decorative‑rock treatment…
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