^ Aside from other aspects of this I-95 project, it is sad to see what will probably result in the ultimate removal of all the greenery that lines I-95 through this part of Jacksonville.
Driving I-95 and other expressways in South Florida and in parts of California and New York, one sees nothing but ugly and dirty concrete surfaces and walls.
Going back to the origins of I-95 south of the river, it was always nice to see a substantial buffer of trees and other greenery along its sides, somewhat unique in an urbanized area. When the sound walls went up during its widening to 6 lanes, FDOT spent millions to grow vines on the walls and plant trees in front of them. Is all that, now mostly mature vegetation, to be ripped away with this expansion? Will we have concrete mostly from wall to wall? Will we now call it "ugly 95"?