This thread got me thinking about the work they recently did on 696 [[Roughly between Groesbeck and Gratiot). They added a lane in places and to do so tore out part of the embankment, made the remaining part much steeper and used mulch and LOTS of small shrubs and spreading groundcover to hold the erosion at bay. It looked great when they finished, but it appears that some areas are not holding up and it's one heck of a trash magnet. I don't know how exactly they are going to go about keeping the trash as reasonable levels once everything grows in.