County commissioners accept grant to beautify local roadsides

County commissioners have signed the contract needed to get state money to beautify state roadsides around the county.

The county has agreed to accept money from the Department of Transportation for 5 landscaping projects; each project will be funded at $10,000.

The only limits are that the projects have to be in the Highway 98 Right of Way and have access to irrigation.

The county will be required to maintain whatever is planted.

The locations for the landscaping projects will include the intersection of Highway 98 and Hefernan Drive in Lanark Village, Carrabelle Beach Wayside Park, the intersection of Highway 98 and Patton Drive in Eastpoint, the base of the bridge in Apalachicola, and in front of the Lombardi’s Seafood park just west of Apalachicola.

The county has a year to complete the projects, and expect to do the planting this fall at the earliest.

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