After about three years, South Charleston is finally beginning work on a buffer of trees and plants between an industrial area and a well-traveled highway.
Frank Mullens, the mayor of the city, has been waiting to see the plan in action since 2013. Jason Testman, a landscape architect from the firm Terra Care, drew up the initial plan for the buffer several years ago.
Before it could begin the project, the city needed to get an easement from Union Carbide, which would allow it to claim the land for free.
The goal of the plantings is to reduce the eyesore that is the industrial area running along MacCorkle Avenue. The South Charleston Waste Treatment Plant might serve an important purpose in the city, but some officials consider its barbed wire fences, trucks, and tanks unsightly. As it gets the project underway, the city could advertise it using Banners.
The tree buffer will stretch 925 feet, from the treatment plant to the Dow overpass along MacCorkle Avenue. South Charleston plans to bring in dirt to create a mound between the roadside and industrial area. It will then plant a row of trees, namely crabapple trees and Norway Spruces, which are able to tolerate city life. Daylilies, burning bush plants, and miscanthus bushes are also scheduled to be planted along the buffer.
Mayor Mullens is hoping that the long-delayed project will be fully finished by the end of summer.
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