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[–] Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You have to completely tear up the road for those usually, and that takes more time and money. They might have needed to do something similar for these, but it almost looks like they're placed there. The guy at the end did say they're looking into planters at least.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 17 hours ago

That also goes for installing curbs. I'd argue it's worth doing so, since these hedges also provide a little shade and noise reduction that curbs don't.