Hanoi officials add plants to railway pillars and flyovers to improve urban landscape
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Hanoi authorities are beginning a trial to add greenery to concrete urban infrastructure, including railway pillars, flyovers, and underpasses.
Workers have already covered three railway pillars on Nguyen Trai Street with plants. They installed steel trellises around the concrete structures with specific gaps to allow for plant growth while still permitting workers to perform maintenance and inspections. At the Le Van Luong-Lang Ha flyover, workers removed old plants and replaced them with rows of bamboo along the approaches.
The project also includes plans for the Le Van Luong-To Huu underpass and several bus shelters on Le Thanh Tong Street, Tran Phu Street, and Ly Thuong Kiet Street. At the underpass, officials plan to arrange plant pots in clusters along the upper edges of the walls over a stretch of about 300 meters. Residents say these changes will make the crowded city more attractive and improve the air quality by softening the appearance of harsh concrete structures.
