This document is an update and consolidation of two documents: Livable Roadways: Proposals for Roadway Appearance and Function and Guidelines for Landscaping Hillsborough County Roadways.
In the late 1980’s the Planning Commission included policies and guidelines for establishing and protecting a system of scenic corridors in the comprehensive plans for Hillsborough County and the City of Tampa. In response to this framework, the Tampa Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, currently the Hillsborough County MPO, included the landscaping and improvement of roadways as one of its ten strategic goals. In 1989, the MPO established a Livable Roadways Committee, to propose ways to improve roadway appearance and function.