Completing my required Continuing Education courses for the year, and learning about some interesting new systems with potential for Elysian Valley: ....A rain garden was designed along one side of a roadway to provide a separation for pedestrians. The designer, Curtis LaPierre of Otak, Inc. created a design that integrated permeable pavers, curb cuts and a modular underground bioretention cell system. These modular underground bioretention cells extended the rain garden underneath the pavement. Storm water from the road enters the rain gardens through the pavement and curb cuts and is absorbed into the soil, providing irrigation for the plantings as well as recharging of the groundwater. The project area had a limited right of way and large paved areas. The design solution provided additional traffic lanes, wider sidewalks, better storm water management and increased green space. from ceu.construction/article.php?L=231&C=1114&P=4
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 19:01:31 +0000
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