New storm-resistant street with ‘porous pavement’ opens in Rockaway, just in time for hurricane season
New storm-resistant street with ‘porous pavement’ opens in Rockaway, just in time for hurricane season
Beach 108th Street also has new bike lanes and wider pedestrian walkways.
Beach 108th Street also has new bike lanes and wider pedestrian walkways.
They're using something called porous pavement.
I remember a concern was that water would seep in, freeze, and crack the pavement in the first winter. Is that not an issue now?
11 0 ReplyThat sounds like propaganda for big asphalt
5 0 ReplyCan't think of anyway around that issue. Hopefully I'm wrong.
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The 11,000 square feet of new pavement can reduce flooding by absorbing nearly 1.3 million gallons of stormwater each year, city officials said. The permeable concrete slabs let stormwater drain through the concrete and into the ground beneath it.
This is in Rockaway, Queens, NY
2 0 ReplyYou madw me think I posted this on m/Brooklyn for a second 😁
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