Alpharetta Plans to Plant Trees, Shrubs

Planting 95 trees and more than 2,900 pieces of groundcover and shrubs should please some Alpharetta residents after City Council was accused of not being tree friendly despite its Tree City USA designation.

The city's Engineering and Public Works Department will ask City Council tonight to award a $151,774.80 bid to Ruppert Landscape to complete tree plantings from fiscal year 2012 and work along Kimball Bridge Road and Waters Road, according to an agenda report prepared by Geoffrey Sarra, senior engineer.

FY 2012 Tree Planting

• Westside Parkway median south of Windward Parkway – 36 trees & 228 groundcovers / shrubs
• Alpha Park Subdivision, 340 Jon Scott Drive –13 trees
• Douglas Road bridge replacement – 13 trees
• Park Bridge Parkway at Webb Bridge Road – 20 trees & 685 groundcovers
• Shirley Bridge Road at Webb Bridge Road – 13 trees & 2,055 groundcovers / shrubs

The Design/Build aspect of this RFP will focus on landscape along Kimball Bridge Road and Waters Road within the limits of the completed Kimball Bridge Road at Waters Road Intersection Improvement project.

The homeowner associations within this area will have a direct involvement with the design process, meeting with City Staff and the selected vendor's design team to develop the final planting plans.