Our freeway greenbelts need native plants

I can't tell you how many times I've almost written a letter to the editor because of getting worked up over the ugliness of the sound walls along the 23 Freeway. How could Thousand Oaks allow such a monstrosity to be built in our lovely town?

Yes, I know they are a necessary evil, but the color is horrible and there's no design to them. As I drive through other cities in Southern California, I notice that a lot of thought went into the color of the blocks and staggered depth of some sound walls, but not ours.

Then I saw the article in the Feb. 7 T.O. Acorn, and, yes, we are getting landscaping!

Thank goodness.

I fretted over graffiti; I mourned the loss of a view that was green; I dreaded the additional heat that would be retained by the walls and thrown back at us. Thank you for letting us know this is coming.

I can only hope that some California native plant life will be used in the landscaping, and hopefully the weed-filled off-ramps and on-ramps will be beautified.

They've been an eyesore for too many years.
Gary Anderson
Thousand Oaks