A project to turn the Interstate 10 exit at Сòòò½APP Avenue into a gateway for the Сòòò½APP is blooming.
Last week, UL Lafayette President Joseph Savoie and City-Parish President Joey Durel joined representatives from Apache Corporation and Upper Lafayette Economic Development Authority for the planting of 100 red and white Crepe Myrtle trees along the gateway.
The trees are part of a collaborative effort among the groups to create a gateway at the exit and revitalize the area.
Apache Corporation donated a total of 200 trees to the university as part of the companyСòòò½APP™s efforts to protect and preserve the environment. The remaining Crepe Myrtles will be placed along Сòòò½APP Avenue leading to UL Lafayette.
The trees are a second phase to the exitСòòò½APP™s beautification. Last year, artist Robert Dafford painted two murals of the universityСòòò½APP™s logo on the interstateСòòò½APP™s concrete embankment.