Designing Versatile Streetscapes: Permeable Pavers Create Spaces That Are Good for Water Quality, Businesses, and Pedestrians

This article presents three case studies of the use of permeable pavers: Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Goshen, Indiana; and Pueblo, Colorado. On Walnut and Plum Streets in Lancaster, there was a complex problem of both flooding during storms as well as a dangerous merge intersection. The city removed the sidewalk in front of a red brick brewery and pub, as well as the merge lane and the concrete traffic island beside it, and replaced them with rain gardens and a patio build of permeable pavers. The project used geotextile fabric on the soil, hand-placing of the pavers, and very fine gravel swept in between the pavers. Results include less overflow of flood waters at the treatment plant. In Goshen, on Jefferson Street, storm waters backed up into nearby basements and the roadway surface had deteriorated. Instead of reconstructing five blocks of storm sewer, the city used permeable pavers. The articulating concrete brick-look pavers offered a historic look to the historic area and solved the ponding and water flooding issues. In Pueblo, the Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority (PURA), working with the city, incorporated the use of permeable concrete pavers into the urban plan for the historic alleyway area in downtown. For each case, the author includes interviews with the city officials and the various contractors who worked together on these projects, as well as information from the manufacturers of permeable pavers.

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• Authors:
  • Aird, Janet
• Publication Date: 2014-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 38-43
• Serial:
  • Erosion Control
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Forester Media
  • ISSN: 1073-7227

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Concrete blocks; Geotextiles; Pavement base course; Porous pavements; Runoff
• Geographic Terms: Goshen (Indiana); Lancaster (Pennsylvania); Pueblo (Colorado)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01547370
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 8 2014 11:08AM